When the media got all kerfluffled about the functional extinction of wild oysters about a month ago, I asked Chris Len to write a guest post about the dirty, dirty truth. Chris is the staff attorney for NY/NJ Baykeeper and Hackensack Riverkeeper. Like a Combo snack, he is two delicious salty things in one not-so-bite-sized . . . → Read More: Guest Post: On wild oysters, the headlines that came 100 years too late, and turning poop-water into salty Evian
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By Miriam Goldstein, on  March 15th, 2011  4 comments  Conservation & Environment, Fishing  Chris Len, estuaries, extinction, functinal extinction, Guest Post, oysters, poop By Dr. M, on February 24th, 2011 2 comments Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Dumping, Fishing, Industry & Government, Organisms extinction, Overfishing, oysters, reef Add this to your growing list of Earth going to hell Enjoy your shucking while it lasts. Wild oysters are now “functionally extinct” in many places around the world where they were once plentiful. More than 85 per cent of their reefs have been lost due to overfishing, according to a new study via Wild . . . → Read More: Wild Oysters Functionally Extinct?
By Dr. M, on July 11th, 2010 2 comments Oil Spills BP, cleanup, corexit, Cuba, Deepwater Horizon, deepwater well, Drilling, Emergency Relief Well Act, Florida Keys, Galveston, Gulf of Mexico, Jindal, Lake Pontchartrain, NOAA, Obama, offshore, Oil Spill, oysters, relief well, shorebird, Shrimp, super skimmer, Susan Shaw, tarball This satellite radar image taken by Envisat's ASAR sensor at 10:44pm local time on July 7 shows a large patch of oil extending north from the site of the leaking Macondo well, and an area of small slicks along the Mississippi shoreline. A large dark area extending from Mobile Bay to beyond Panama City . . . → Read More: Oil Spill Update July 11, 2010
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