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Ocean Conservation News – 04/25/2023

by Camille Quintos
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Panel: Climate change, not wind prep is threat to whales

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/panel-climate-change-wind-prep-threat-whales-98811949

A panel of Democratic elected officials and environmental groups says climate change, spurred by the burning of fossil fuels, is the greatest danger to the world’s oceans and marine life.

See the Pristine coral reefs found off the Galapagos Islands

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-pristine-coral-reefs-found-off-the-galapagos-islands-180982043/

These ancient deep-sea reefs have barely been affected by humans and can provide a way to measure the impact of climate change on corals.

Closure of Maritime baby eel fishery fails to stop widespread illegal fishing

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/maritime-elver-fishery-shutdown-fails-to-stop-illegal-1.6820864

‘Poachers continue to fish regardless,’ Atlantic Elver Fishery tells officials in email.

Can the United Nations help save Pacific Salmon?

https://crosscut.com/environment/2023/04/can-united-nations-help-save-pacific-salmon

The U.N. High Seas Treaty is a historic agreement for marine conservation, but its impact on the plummeting fish population is still uncertain.

Court challenge dropped after Chevron surrenders offshore oil and gas permits in B.C ocean conservation hot spots

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/04/24/news/court-challenge-dropped-chevron-surrenders-offshore-oil-gas-permits-bc

Environmental groups have dropped a court case against Chevron Canada after it surrendered a number of historical oil and gas permits posing risks to sensitive marine conservation areas on the B.C. coast.

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