Posts in category Environment

In the first bust of commercial fishermen for poaching abalone since the shell-residing mollusk was protected in Southern California 15 years ago, four men were caught with four abalone on …

On Sunday, hundreds of dead squid washed ashore on beaches near Aptos, and California Department of Fish and Game scientists are trying to find out why.  Squid were found on beaches …

Conservation groups are celebrating today’s European Parliament vote to close loopholes in the European Union ban on shark finning – the culmination of six years of campaigning and debate.  Members …

Method, producer of environmentally-safe cleaning products, has just introduced the world’s first bottle made with ocean plastic. The bottles will contain dish and hand soap, and are available at Whole …

Northern California Underwater Photographic Society invites the public to a free evening presentation on shark conservation in Micronesia, marine sanctuary efforts in the Philippines and dive travel around the world.  …

While eating octopus may be a delicacy to some, an incident in Seattle on October 31st has some local divers red with anger. According to local divers Bob Bailey and …

Got Mussles? Lake Tahoe does, and officials are doing their best to get rid of them. First discovered on a beach in Emerald Bay in 2009, Asian Clams have multiplied …

A Monterey County jury has convicted a Marina man of poaching 22 black abalone, a federally endangered species. Hoang Tan Dinh, 53, was sentenced Sept. 12 to three years probation, …

There was recently a fatal great white attack on Ben Linden, a surfer in the Western Australian waters. This attack has prompted the Western Australian government to consider taking great …

 CDPH Advises Consumers Not To Eat Shellfish, Crustaceans and Some Fish From Ventura County Posted Thursday, August 23, 2012 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not …