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28 %
of the World's Seabirds are threatened with extinction
The status of the world’s
seabirds has deteriorated rapidly over recent decades
and several species and many populations are now
perilously close to extinction. These are the findings
of a major new review published this week in the
scientific journal Bird Conservation International.
Read the whole article.
http://www.birdlife.org/community/2012/03/new-review-reveals-worrying-declines-in-the-worlds-seabirds/
Honest By Catch
HonestByCatch was created out of the concern
surrounding the incidental capture of non-targeted
marine life in the industrial Atlantic herring midwater
trawl fishery.
Evidence shows these
oversized corporate operations dump hundreds of
thousands of dead and dying cod, haddock, river herring,
striped bass and marine mammals back into the sea.
Visit
www.honestbycatch.com to find out more about the
issue and how to get involved.
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Firends of Maine Seabird Islands - A new
organization to protect the breeding birds on the Maine
Offshore Islands.
www.maineseabirds.org |
Join them.
Breeding seabirds need all the protection they can get.
See the report of
Manx Shearwater breeding in 2009 on Matinicus Rock, Me
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SEANET
http://seanetters.wordpress.com/
The Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET)
is a citizen science program that brings together
interdisciplinary researchers and citizen scientists
in a long-term collaborative effort to identify and
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SEANET volunteers conduct beached bird surveys in
order to identify and record information about bird
mortality along the east coast of the United States.
Data collected by hundreds of SEANET volunteers are used
to examine the spatial pattern of bird carcass
deposition and how it varies across time.
Web blog contains information
about identifying beached birds and even a beached bird
quiz.
Sharks
There are 15 species of sharks that may be seen in New
England waters. How many can you identify. To
improve your identification skills see
Captain Tom's Guide To New England Sharks
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