Saturday 17 August 2013

Death in the Oceans

Thousands of Sea Lion Pups Dead - could be due to shift in food supply - Climate Change


16 August, 2013

When the sea lions converged on this most westerly of southern California’s Channel Islands in May 2012, as they do every spring, there was no hint of anything amiss. A year later, thousands of pups – perhaps as many as 70 percent of the newborns – were dead. The struggle to survive led desperate pups from their sandy nursery into the churning, dangerous sea, long before they were ready.


Between January and June, five rescue centers along the southern California coast, from Santa Barbara to San Diego, took in more than 1,500 stranded pups – five times more than normal... http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/08/island-sea-lion-pupdate/


March 14, 2013 - Grist
HUNDREDS OF SEA LION PUPS MYSTERIOULY WASHING ASHORE IN CALIFORNIA - EMACIATED, DEHYDRATED What the hell is going on? Why are so many dehydrated and malnourished baby sea lions washing ashore? And do they need us to take some of them home?... http://grist.org/list/hundreds-of-sea-lion-pups-are-mysteriously-washing-ashore-in-california/

National Geographic:

March 18, 2013 BBC The Watchers 
CALIFORNIA SHORES WITNESS MYSTERIOUS MASS STRANDING OF DEHYDRATED AND EMACIATED SEA LION PUPS http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2013/03/18/californian-shores-witness-mysterious-mass-stranding-of-sea-lion-pups/

OVERFISHING DESTROYING FOOD SOURCE FOR OCEAN SPECIES - WRECKING OCEAN ECOSYSTEM http://sco.lt/5T7ZGj

                                             -- WATCH ---

FORAGE FISH ARE KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN SYSTEM.  LEARN WHY IT'S TIME TO PROTECT THEM ON THE WEST COAST  - Pew Environment



February 14, 2012 The Fish Site
CHILEAN GOVERNMENT LAYING OUT PLANS TO SYSTEMATICALLY SLAUGHTER SEA LION POPULATION ALONG COAST - BLAMES SEA LIONS FOR DROP IN FISH STOCKS http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16453/chile-blames-sea-lions-for-drop-in-fish-stocks

May 31, 2012 Care2
SEA LIONS vs SALMON : SEA LION KILLINGS CAN RESUME - TO SAVE SALMON FOR SPORTS FISHERMAN http://www.care2.com/causes/sea-lions-vs-salmon-a-wildlife-protection-dilemma.html

                                                 -- WATCH --

VIDEO:
*** FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY FOOD WEB: GOING...GOING... http://sco.lt/5xliU5

VIDEO
****EARTHRACE REVEAL HORROR OF THE ANNUAL 90,000 HORROR OF THE ANNUAL NAMIBIAN BABY SEAL SLAUGHTER http://sco.lt/5pSMpV

SEALS REVEAL SECRETS OF POLAR OCEANS  http://sco.lt/8Xuadl


                                                  WATCH:
*** Video

SEA LION PUP HITCHES RIDE ON BOAT OFF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/bizarre&id=9124881


THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/599jsH

November 12, 2012 Inter Press Service

                                                   WATCH

VIDEO: 
*** DEATH OF THE OCEANS? BBC DAVID ATTENBOROUGH  http://sco.lt/97GRDV

OVERFISHING DESTROYING FOOD SOURCE FOR OCEAN SPECIES = WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM  http://sco.lt/5T7ZGj



June 8, 2013 Focusing On Wildlife 
MORE THAN 600 SEABIRDS AND PENGUINS FOUND DEAD IN NORTHERN CHILE http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/more-than-600-seabirds-and-penguins-found-dead/


 WE MAY BE THE LAST GENERATION TO CATCH FOOD FROM THE OCEANS  http://sco.lt/8uHn7Z

$400 BILLION OCEAN FISHING INDUSTRY: LARGE CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS EMPTYING OUR OCEANS http://sco.lt/7ABxHV

OCEAN PLASTICS' IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND WILD SEA TURTLES http://sco.lt/5LdeMb

100 MILLION SHARKS DIE EACH YEAR -- JUST FOR THEIR FINS http://sco.lt/5RKfQn


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