Story at NPR: A breakthrough in oil cleanup technology allows crews to skim spilled oil off the water’s surface at a much faster rate. The new device wasn’t developed by Exxon, BP or any of the major oil companies — it’s the work of Elastec/American Marine, based in Illinois. And the design won the . . . → Read More: New Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-Prize
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  October 19th, 2011  Leave a comment  Conservation & Environment, Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, Oil Spills  BP, Deepwater Horizon, elastec, Gulf of Mexico, NPR, oil, oil skimmer, Oil Spill, X Prize By Dr. M, on September 13th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Fishing, Industry & Government, Organisms conservation, deep sea, Pew The deep sea is home to an estimated 10 million species, most of which have yet to be scientifically-documented. While this marine biodiversity rivals the world’s richest tropical rainforests, these fragile deep-sea habitats, which have taken centuries to grow, are being destroyed by trawlers dragging enormous weighted nets that, in a single pass, scrape . . . → Read More: Deep Trouble for the Deep Sea
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 7th, 2011 2 comments Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Oil Spills, Reviews BP, British Petroleum, Deepwater Horizon, documentary, Macondo, Oil Spill, Pretty Slick One year of the BP oil spill ecological catastrophe. I would really like to see this documentary. Pretty Slick movie clips (BP Gulf oil spill) from james fox on Vimeo. By Kevin Zelnio, on August 31st, 2011 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Industry & Government, Music, Oil Spills BP, British Petroleum, bubble up, Deepwater Horizon, Julian Mock, Nick Santoro, Oil Spill Lyrics to Bubble Up! are here. BUBBLE UP is a song dedicated to the current state of the world, with music by julian mock and lyrics by nick santoro. . . . → Read More: Bubble Up: A Deepwater Horizon Disaster Song
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 29th, 2011 One comment Fish, Fishing, Industry & Government Cambodia, fisheries, fishing, Human Rights Abuses, Humanitarian, seafood, Slavery, Thailand Two weeks ago I wrote about southeast Asian fishermen, mostly from Cambodia, being forced to work Thai and South Korean fishing vessels. Men are promised other work in Thailand then are forced to stay at sea for up to two years or even longer with no contact with family or time off ship. Their wages . . . → Read More: “Product of Thailand” Could Be Result of Slave Labor
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 15th, 2011 5 comments Fishing, Industry & Government Asia, fisheries, fishermen, fishing, Human Rights Abuses, New Zealand, Worker's Rights While some think that being a marine scientist is somehow more elitist than being a fisherman, they can’t be further from the truth. As a marine scientist I feel closer to men of the sea than to anyone. This is why I choose to live in a small coastal Carolinian fishing village. We are kindred . . . → Read More: Sweeping Fishermen’s Human Rights Under the Rug
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 14th, 2011 6 comments Industry & Government, Opinion & Editorial Great Lakes, Repellant, Sea Lamprey, University of Michigan Sea lampreys are invasive in the Great Lakes and cause quite a problem to both maritime industry and the local ecology. They are considered one of the most destructive invaders and scientists at the University of Michigan have been hard at work developing a lamprey repellent. I’d say from the response in these videos that . . . → Read More: Scaring the $#!& Out of Lampreys
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 27th, 2011 2 comments Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government Agenda 21, Citrus County, Dr. Katz, Fish and Wildlife, Florida, Jim Gaffigan, Manatee, Regulations, Sea Cow, Tea Party, Tea Party Patriots, UN, United Nations NBC Sports is reporting on the Florida Tea Party’s recent hatred for one of its own State’s great symbols, the manatee. Quoting another article from Click Rally Magazine: “The Florida political group recently announced its plan to fight U.S. Fish and Wildlife restrictions on boating and other human activities.” “We cannot elevate nature above people,” . . . → Read More: Fear the Manatee
By Dr. M, on July 18th, 2011 2 comments Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government, Mining, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Hydrothermal Vent, mining, Papua New Guinea The PNG Mine Watch blog posts some unfortunate news today about mining the hydrothermal vents of the PNG coast at the Solwara 1 site. Papua New Guinea’s Mining Minister, John Pundari told Nautilus chief executive officer Steve Roger that the PNG government was fully committed to supporting the project as indicated through its decision to . . . → Read More: Mining The Deep: All About $ For the Government
By Dr. M, on July 10th, 2011 Leave a comment Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Fishing, Industry & Government, Mining, Oil Spills conservation, Dumping, fishing, geosequestration, iron fertilization, IUCN, mining, Oil Spill, pollution, tuna Recently, news streams, scientific journals, and the web are exploding with conservation news. Below is few highlights from the past few weeks. I’ll take my fish in oil please. PLoS One published an article by Fodrie and Heck concluding that immediate catastrophic loss of fish was avoided in the Gulf oil spill. They also found . . . → Read More: Does Weeping Help? Recent Conservation News
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