victories

Before I review the good news this week, I have to review the not-so-good. Today the Washington Post reports:

"The Bush administration has decided not to take any new steps to regulate greenhouse gas emissions before the president leaves office, despite pressure from the Supreme Court and broad accord among senior federal officials that new regulation is appropriate now."

It's Friday, the weather's beautiful here at Oceana HQ in DC, and we have two positive developments in ocean news to report:

1.) The National Marine Fisheries Service has announced new rules that will require federal shark fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to land sharks with their fins still naturally attached.