Ocean Conservation News – 07/31/2023

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How rising ocean temperatures will impact ecotourism in Florida

https://www.keranews.org/2023-07-27/how-rising-ocean-temperatures-will-impact-ecotourism-in-florida

The Florida reef tract is actually considered almost functionally extinct, which means there’s only 2% of the remaining corals that should be on the reef naturally left.

Blue blood from horseshoe crabs is valuable for medicine, but declining bird needs them for food

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/blue-blood-horseshoe-crabs-valuable-medicine-declining-bird-101857027

The biomedical industry is adopting new standards to protect a primordial sea animal that is a linchpin of the production of vital medicines.

Sea turtle nests: Record breaking number of sea turtle nests found on Jupiter-area beaches

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2023/07/30/sea-turtle-nests-record-breaking-number-found-on-jupiter-area-beaches/70494804007/

Researchers have found a record number of sea turtle nests in northern Palm Beach County, according to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach.

Bay Areas faces severe marine life havoc as rising ocean temperatures

https://hoodline.com/2023/07/bay-area-faces-severe-marine-life-havoc-as-rising-ocean-temperatures-trigger-el-nino-and-climate-disasters-loom/

Rising ocean temperatures and El Niño’s predicted arrival this year have caused great concern among scientists for the health of marine life and the industries that rely on them.

Trawlers concerned about impacts of ocean wind farms as marine park management plan drafted

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-31/trawlers-impacts-ocean-wind-farms-marine-park-management-plan/102654494

A group representing fishermen in south-east Australia says it will be forced to stop cooperating with offshore wind projects in Bass Strait if shark fishing is further restricted in marine parks.

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