Plastic Free July and the EU Acts
July has become a very busy month in our battle against uncontrolled, single-use, throw-away plastics. On July 3rd we are honoring the importance of International Plastic Bag Free Day during which we are spreading the word “that a plastic bag free world is possible...
Top Ocean Stories of 2017, Part 2: MPAs, Illegal Fishing and Slavery on the High Seas
Today’s article is #2 in our series: Top Stories of 2017 and highlights the progress that Marine Protected Areas made in 2017. But the year also included less positive stories on illegal fishing and slavery on the High Seas. Lets start with the good news. ...
Is the Internal Combustion Engine running on fumes?
Today the great majority of vehicles are still equipped with internal combustion engines but we have been seeing countless news items that portend some big changes down the road. So is the Internal Combustion Engine running on fumes? Let’s find out! In...
The What and Where of Fishing in a Time of Change
What happens to traditional fishing rights when the traditional fish that are fished move somewhere else. Sea temperatures are warming and that is having a huge impact on the what and where of fishing. The What and Where of Fishing and Lobster, Turtles and...
Cuttlefish: Chameleons Of The Sea!
There is one marine species that I am always looking for when diving and they are the Cephalopods, which includes cuttlefish, squid, octopuses, and nautiluses. There is something truly other worldly about the Cephalopods, especially the cuttlefish. Maybe it’s...
The Kraken sited off Virgin Gorda
The Kraken is a legendary sea creature that haunted the imagination of seafarers for centuries. The origins of the legend may have been with sightings of giant squids in the Atlantic where its size and fearsome appearance inspired numerous stories of encounters...
A Must Read, Planet or Plastic, in June National Geographic
The June issue is the perfect primer on the world’s plastic pollution. In the magazine’s exemplary tradition, they have taken on a complex subject and described it in a clear and comprehensible article. Planet or Plastic written by Laura Parker and Elizabeth Royte...
India Vows to Ban all Single-Use Plastics by 2022
Beat Plastic Pollution is the theme of the 2018 World Environment Day and India as the host of this year’s event used the opportunity to announce a momentous initiative, to ban all single-use plastics by 2022. Home to 1.3 billion people with one of the world’s...
Why It’s Important to Save Our Seas’ Last Pristine Places
View and share this National Geographic article that takes you to amazing underwater, pristine places that have been set aside as marine protected areas. Places where endangered species can have a second chance to exist, and fish populations can recover. One such...
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