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CAL STATE LONG BEACH SHARK LAB : WHITE SHARKS LURK IN THE MUCK

A species older than the dinosaurs.

CSU LONG BEACH SHARK LAB

Sharks are not interested in humans as food...

SAVE OUR SEAS FOUNDATION FOCUSING ON SHARKS AND RAYS : SIGN UP FOR OCEAN WEEK IN REVIEW

SAVE OUR SEAS FOUNDATION 

Sharks, rays and chimaeras are overfished and heading for extinction. More than 300 scientists have published 20 years of data in a landmark global report that details the biology, fisheries, trade, conservation efforts and policy reforms for these marine animals across 158 countries and jurisdictions. It’s a global wake-up call: we need to address overfishing and bycatch – and urgently. But there is also hope. We have the information to hand, and the dedication of so many has brought us to a historic moment when we can steer towards sustainability.

YOU Can link to three blogs at this website :   OCEAN WEEK IN REVIEW, THE VOICE OF COCOS, and It's Your Ocean...

OCEAN WEEK IN REVIEW

Excerpt:

Sea Save Foundation’s publication, “The Ocean Week in Review,” is a crucial weekly digest that encapsulates vital oceanic news for its ever-growing readership. Having published over 520 editions with 15,000 story summaries, each edition offers succinct, four-sentence narratives accompanied by illustrative photographs and further reading hyperlinks, making it easily consumable during daily commutes. Released every Friday on its dedicated blog and across multiple social media platforms, the content is meticulously researched and vetted, drawing from reliable news sources and translating often complex scientific jargon into captivating, layman-friendly language. This initiative not only keeps its audience informed about the latest in oceanic breakthroughs, challenges, and advocacy but also empowers them with the knowledge to support and champion the cause of preserving our oceans.

DIVER SWIMS IN SEA FULL OF PLASTIC POLLUTION

Diver Rich Horner  Excerpt: Diver Rich Horner has captured video of himself swimming through water densely strewn with plastic waste and yellowing food wrappers, with the occasional tropical fish darting around.

The footage was shot at a dive site called Manta Point, a cleaning station for the large rays on the island of Nusa Penida, about 20km from the popular Indonesian holiday island of Bali. 'Plastic, plastic, plastic': British diver films sea of rubbish off Bali

NASA REVEALS GLOBAL SEA LEVELS ROSE BY UNEXEPECTED HIGHER LEVELS : HUNDREDS OF CITIES MAY BE OVERWHELMED

DAILY MAIL : NASA ...GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE UNEXPECTEDLY HIGH AMOUNT 

The rise we saw in 2024 was higher than we expected,' said Josh Willis, a sea level researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

'Every year is a little bit different, but what's clear is that the ocean continues to rise, and the rate of rise is getting faster and faster.'

Since 1993, global sea levels have risen by a staggering 3.97-inches (10.1cm).

And if they continue to climb at this rate, hundreds of densely populated cities around the world could be plunged underwater. Excerpt: According to NASA, this 'unexpected' increase was due to an unusual amount of ocean warming, combined with meltwater from land-based ice such as glaciers.

Siren here! Check out those charts!

HEALTH TO THE OCEAN MEANS ... QUOTATION FROM SYLVIA EARLE

"HEALTH TO THE OCEANS MEANS HEALTH FOR US" 

- Sylvia Earle

Sylvia is a Marine Biologist who was named Time magazine's first Hero for the Planet in 1998

WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SURFACE OF THE MOON ... QUOTATION FROM PAUL SNELGROVE

"WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SURFACE OF THE MOON AND ABOUT MARS THAN WE DO ABOUT THE DEEP SEA FLOOR." - Paul Snelgrove

He worked on the Census of Marine Life which ran from 2000 to 2010. 2700 scientists participated in trying to count all the marine species known.  They made 540 expeditions and discovered 6000 new species.

Here's a link to check out! OCEAN FRONTIER INSTITUTE - PAUL SNELGROVE

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JAPANESE SARDINES IN CALIFORNIA? NOAA FISHERIES REPORTS : LINK TO PODCAST

FISHERIES NOAA : PODCAST JAPANESE SARDINES IN CALIFORNIA

Excerpt: In 2022, Dr. Gary Longo detected Japanese sardines swimming in the eastern Pacific, off the coast of California. This was the first time they’d ever been seen here—their normal range is in the western Pacific from Korea to Russia, thousands and thousands of miles away. It was a shocking discovery. Sardines are incredibly important to the California current ecosystem and are a key forage fish across the globe.

On this episode of Dive In with NOAA Fisheries, we scratch at this mystery of Japanese sardine appearing in U.S. waters. How did they get here? What does it mean for the native Pacific sardine? Are they staying? (Spoiler alert: so far, yes.)

We hear from Dr. Longo, a research scientist at NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center and one of the authors of a new study documenting this discovery. The authors suggest marine heatwaves that warmed the North Pacific over the last decade might have opened a corridor of favorable habitat, which the Japanese sardines followed across the ocean.