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Conserve Special Oceans Places

July 3, 2007 – 10:17 am

The Ocean Conservancy’s Strategic Priority # 3: Conserve Special Ocean Places
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A majority of ocean scientists agree that marine protected areas are proven tools for conserving ocean ecosystems. Both the Pew Oceans Commission and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy endorsed the increased use of marine protected areas and marine reserve networks. Nevertheless, marine protected [...]

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Panel Votes To Ban Bottom Trawling in Northern Bering Sea

June 12, 2007 – 9:01 pm

TreeHugger
An advisory panel has voted to ban bottom trawling in 180,000 square miles of the North Bering Sea. Bottom trawling can have a terrible impact on sea life, as we have covered before on TreeHugger, “Bottom trawling involves dragging huge nets along the ocean floor, with up to fifteen tonnes of weights attached. It can [...]

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