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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:
HUNDREDS
OF SICK SEA LION PUPS WASH ASHORE - MALNOURISHED, DEHYDRATED
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/03/130319-sea-lions-pups-strandings-california-animals-science/?now=2013-03-21-00:01
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
FOOD
WEB AND OCEAN FISHERIES: HELD TOGETHER BY FORAGE FISH
http://www.speakupforblue.com/ocean-solutions/food-web-and-ocean-fisheries-held-together-by-forage-fish?awt_l=5ImGg&awt_m=3mxmYa2C26cR8Mt
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
BILLIONS
IN SUBSIDIES PROP UP UNSUSTAINABLE OVERFISHING
http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/billions-in-subsidies-prop-up-unsustainable-overfishing/
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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