overfishing

This morning the CBS Early Show featured our marine scientist Margot Stiles in a segment about this summer's preponderance of jellyfish. Why all the jellies? Suspected reasons include the overfishing and bycatch of their predators, such as the loggerhead sea turtle, tuna and swordfish, as well as pollution and global warming.

More than 400 penguins from Antarctica and Patagonia, most of them young, have been found dead on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro over the past two months.

As a child I adored the book Mr. Popper's Penguins. A dozen mischievous performing penguins? What could be better? And then there's Tacky the Penguin, a lesser-known children's book with a wonderful lesson about being yourself -- as illustrated by a penguin in a hawaiian shirt. And recently I saw March of the Penguins with my mom; we were both weeping by the end. Okay, so maybe I'm a sap, but the point is -- penguins are one of the most beloved creatures on Earth, and this week brought news that they are slipping away.

NBC Nightly News interviewed Oceana's Santi Roberts in a segment on overfishing. The piece also includes Oceana footage of a bottom trawler in action, mowing over an innocent octopus. Check it out.

Claire Nouvian, world-renowned author and curator, and ocean ambassador for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), will launch The Deep: Life on the Deep Sea Floor at the World Tra

I had the pleasure of joining Ted Danson, award-winning actor, longtime ocean advocate and Oceana board member, yesterday as he urged Canada’s business leaders to protect the world’s oceans.

Ted Danson, award-winning actor, longtime ocean advocate and Oceana board member, has accepted an invitation from Toronto’s business leaders to discuss how Canada and the business community can protect the world’s oceans. Danson will speak at The Economic Club of Toronto Tuesday, May 13, about the current state of the oceans and how overfishing, which has been accelerated by government subsidies, could lead to the permanent collapse of all commercial fish populations within decades if current trends continue.

On my daily walk from the Foggy Bottom metro to the Oceana office I noticed a fu