Ocean Conservation News – 09/25/2023

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Controversy behind Fukushima nuclear waste water discharge

https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/asia/article/3235225/deep-dive-controversy-behind-fukushima-nuclear-waste-water-discharge-and-why-hong-kong-banning

While the UN nuclear watchdog has approved Japan’s plan, some scientists worry about the effectiveness of the system used to filter out radioactive materials.

Autonomous sailing drones deployed to protect marine life

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/autonomous-sailing-drones-deployed-to-protect-marine-life

The crafts will be used to study how offshore wind farms affect marine animals.

Loggerhead Ike released into the Atlantic off Tybee Island’s North Beach

https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/environment/2023/09/24/hundreds-gather-on-tybee-island-to-release-loggerhead-ike-into-the-ocean/70933354007/

Tybee Island’s North Beach was packed this morning as hundreds gathered to see the Tybee Island Marine Science Center’s resident sea turtle, Ike, released after three years of educating more than 300,000 students and visitors.

Encouraging recreational scuba divers to protect ocean

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/09/958961/encouraging-recreational-scuba-divers-protect-ocean

Underwater cleanup programmes should be organized to encourage more recreational divers to become marine torchbearers, said Sabah Diving Squad Club president Sim Fui.

Trawlers accidentally caught 10 orcas off Alaska this year- only one lived

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/trawlers-accidentally-caught-10-orcas-off-alaska-this-year-only-one-lived/

A federal fishery agency reported last week that 10 killer whales were caught in the gear of trawl net vessels fishing this year in the Bering Sea and North Pacific waters off the Aleutian Islands.

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