41. Marine Life Protection Act, California Department Of Fish And Game In the 1970 s he began the State s endangered Plant Program working closely marine Managed Areas Workgroup which was directed by the marine life Protection Act http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/mlpa/team.html

Marine Region Home Page DFG Home Page MLPA Background Goals ... Working Group Process Master Plan Team Guidelines Schedule Public Mailings Public Comments ... Further Information Marine Life Protection Act Master Plan Team Fish and Game Code Section 2855(b) requires the Department to convene a Master Plan Team to advise and assist in the preparation of the master plan. The team members shall have expertise in marine life protection and shall be knowledgeable about the use of protected areas as a marine ecosystem management tool. The members shall also be familiar with underwater ecosystems found in California waters, with the biology and habitat requirements of major species groups in the state's marine waters, and with water quality and related issues. Staff from the Department, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the State Water Resources Control Board, to be designated by each of those departments. Five to seven members who shall be scientists, one of whom may have expertise in the economics and culture of California coastal communities. One member, appointed from a list prepared by Sea Grant marine advisers, who shall have direct expertise with ocean habitat and sea life in California marine waters.

42. Pulau Hantu - A Celebration Of Marine Life mention the need to respect marine life, and teach KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Malaysia s marine police arrested discovering about 160 dead endangered sea turtles http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/news/pulauhantu/

Pulau Hantu - A celebration of marine life Secret lives and secret worlds hidden in Singapore's most popular coral reef Friday, June 11, 2004 Whussup Hantu Bloggers Hantu Blog Divers From left: Dive Master Joshua, Hang Cheong and James chilling out on the surface of Hantu waters. In case you've been wondering what we do with all this information - all data gathered from a Hantu Blog dive is passed on to the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research for collation and archiving. Kelvin Lim, curator of fishes at the Museum has been assisting us in the identification of animals spotted in the reefs. For certain groups, other naturalists may be consulted as well, through the museum's network of marine workers and enthusiasts. We try to be as sure as possible of the animals identified through the use of field guides, checking and re-checking them against a array of books. If we're ever unsure or are unable to locate a species in our books, a picture with details (sediment/depth/time) is sent to the museam for assistance. Dive briefing As it is difficult for scientists to constantly run surveys of the animals in our reefs, diver sightings can be very useful and important in the monitoring of our reefs and their inhabitants.

43. ENDANGERED In The Wild : Oceans reefs (see also Spotlight on Threatened marine life). collection of reef fishes and other marine animals for made great strides in saving their endangered reefs http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_coralrf.htm

CORAL REEFS Oceans Unknown The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has named coral reefs as one of the life-support systems essential for our own survival. Found around coastlines in the tropics, coral reefs provide homes for about a third of all fish species on Earth and numerous other marine organisms. Reefs are physically as well as biologically important; they play a fundamental role in protecting coastlines from erosion and contribute to the formation of white sandy beaches. These complex, fragile ecosystems are deteriorating at an alarming rate worldwide. Coral reefs actually are communities of hundreds of thousands of tiny animals called coral polyps, which grow in sunlit shallows of warm, clear marine waters. The reefs are built up as new corals attach atop the skeletons of dead animals. Causes of Endangerment Pollution, Overexploitation and Recreation

44. ENDANGERED In The Wild : Oceans Breeding populations are distinct, however, and many are highly endangered. turtles, along with dolphins and seabirds (see Spotlight on Threatened marine life http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_turtle.htm

LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE Global Oceans Unknown Once a male leatherback sea turtle struggles from its egg and makes its way to the sea as a 4-inch (10 cm) hatchling, it may never again return to land during its 80-year lifetime. Although they are air-breathing animals born on land, leatherbacks, like all sea turtles, spend their lives in the ocean. Females return to land only to lay their eggs. Species Description and Range The leatherback is the largest sea turtle. It can grow up to 6.5 feet (2 m) long and weigh 1,400 pounds (636 kg). The leatherback gets its name from its shell, which is like a thick leathery skin, with the texture of hard rubber. It is a circumglobal species, meaning that it can range throughout almost all the oceans of the world. It nests on tropical beaches in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Once abundant throughout the world's oceans, all eight species of sea turtles are now threatened or endangered. Leatherback populations have plummeted in recent years. In the 1980s the worldwide population was estimated at nearly 100,000. Breeding

45. ReferenceResources:Aquatic(Sea)Life important facts and information about aquatic life on all types of marine mammals including whales, dolphins, porpoises, and endangered animals; for http://www.kidinfo.com/Science/Aquatic_Life.html

Reference Resources: Aquatic (Sea) Life Animal Search Engine Ask Basil The Internet Search Engine for Everything Animal ; Use this search engine to find links to animal information Animal Encyclopedias NatureServe - An Online Encyclopedia of Life Zooish Animals Animal Animation, Animal Images, Cartoon Animals, Animal Sounds, Animal Facts, and Animal News Aquatic Life Links Animal Links Links to all types of animal sites, including AQUATIC LIFE Animals of the Arctic Theme Page Links to Facts, information, photographs Animal Migration A global study (birds, insects, animals, whales) Animal Web SEARCHABLE by keyword AquaLink Links to facts and information about fish and ocean life Australian Museum of Fish The heart of the site is the Find a Fish section, a collection of hundreds of fact sheets on fish, sorted by common or scientific name; Each fact sheet includes a quick overview, one or more images, and suggestions for further reading Creature World Click on a continent on the colorful homepage world map, to go to an interactive page introducing animals from the selected habitat. This informative site for young students is part of PBS Kids

46. PRESS RELEASE: Park Protecting Endangered Marine Life Nets Over $1 Million In Do Park Protecting endangered marine life Nets Over $1 Million in Donations During First Month of Using New Promotional DVD Video. St. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2002/1/prweb31453.htm

PR Web (English) AmbosMedios (Español WunZhang (Traditional Chinese Home ... Search Archives June 10, 2004 CUSTOM NEWS FEED FOR JOURNALISTS MEMBER LOGIN (SUBMIT YOUR PRESS RELEASE) Customize your free daily PRWEB news feed. Register Here to Send Your Press Release ... All Press Releases for January 6, 2002 Park Protecting Endangered Marine Life Nets Over $1 Million in Donations During First Month of Using New Promotional DVD Video. St. Louis, MO –December 20, 2001— The Exuma Land and Sea Park in the Bahamas recently used a video created by St. Louis based production company Jumby Bay Studios to net over $1,000,000 in donations during its first month of use. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Jeremy Salvatori Jumby Bay Studios, LLC 11783 Borman Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146 Ph: (314) 569-1771 Fax: (314) 569-1909 Jeremy@JumbyBayStudios.com www.JumbyBayStudios.com St. Louis, MO –December 20, 2001— The Exuma Land and Sea Park in the Bahamas recently used a video created by St. Louis based production company Jumby Bay Studios to net over $1,000,000 in donations during its first month of use. The video’s success came at a much needed time. Charities unrelated to the September 11th attack have seen reduced donation levels, and the reduction in foreign travel has hurt the tourism-dependent economy of the Bahamas.

47. The Pew Charitable Trusts: News Room Organization, roughly 27 million tons of fish and other marine life are thrown back regulations that bar the taking of juvenile fish, endangered species or http://www.pewtrusts.com/news/news_subpage.cfm?content_item_id=47&content_type_i

48. Deep Trouble: A Dying Sea: Gulf Marine Life, Birds Fight Losing Battle Against P that rubbish and human error, such as boaters disregarding speed zones, are causing injuries and deaths of some marine life, including endangered species like http://www.mindfully.org/Water/2003/Gulf-Marine-Life-Dying3oct03.htm

Deep Trouble: A Dying Sea Gulf marine life, birds fight losing battle against pollution, people DIANNA SMITH / Naples Daily News (Florida) 3oct03 Mindfully.org note This is the 6th in a 15-part series. We strongly suggest visiting the Daily News An X-ray shows how debris tossed into the Gulf can lodge in sea turtles and other species that are finding it more difficult to locate nature's food. Researchers say rubbish is increasingly causing injuries and death to marine life, including endangered species like sea turtles. More then 50 sea turtles a year end up in the Turtle Hospital in Marathon. Cameron Gillie/Staff Widget was like a piñata when she first came to the Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys. But instead of pieces of candy, the loggerhead sea turtle was filled with garbage. Inside her were three shredded balloons —red, green and black. One plastic glove — the kind sandwich makers wear in fast-food joints. A black cap that looked like it belonged on a tire stem, and some duct tape. Widget ate the items, mistaking them for food.

49. Marine Life Protection From Motor Craft Petition for example the endangered manatees in Florida. 872, 142 pm PST, Mar 4, L. Marshall, TX, US, 871, 721 pm PST, Mar 1, Eileen Easton, , CA, Our marine life must be http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/293457412

June 10, 2004 We the undersigned, endorse the following petition: Marine Life Protection from Motor Craft Target: George Bush President of the United States Sponsor: William Ryan SIGNATURES GOAL: 50,000 DEADLINE: 11-29-2002 Motor craft maim and kill whales, manates, and many other sea creatures, with their propellers, the remedy is available and inexpensive. If all people who own motorcraft were required to install propeller guards, the problem would be solved. Urge the president to push this issue through congress! Sign Now! ..... See full petition below STEP 1. Enter your name: Display in public list as "Anonymous" MOST RECENT 25 of SIGNATURES E-mail this petition to your friends. Number Date Name State Country Comments 8:05 pm PDT, May 19 Jennifer M MO US What an easy answer to a horrific problem! This solution shouldn't be an option - it should be LAW! 5:32 am PDT, May 13 Danijela Milosavljevic CS SAVE MARINE LIFE 6:39 pm PDT, May 12 Fran Reyes CA US 2:02 pm PDT, Apr 26 Melanie Wilcox OH US The damage motor craft afflicts on marine creatures disables them to a point where they can't even hunt or feed themselves, leaving them to starve to death. 3:50 pm PDT, Apr 20

50. SafeWind: Wind Farms, Wildlife And The Environment about a number of possible adverse impacts on marine life. it is important to understand what marine wildlife use not an area is used by endangered sea turtles http://www.safewind.info/wind_FAQ_final.htm

Do offshore wind farms harm marine life? Learn about how offshore wind farms could affect whales, seals, fish, and marine turtles. Frequently Asked Questions: Do turbines kill birds? SafeWind answers your questions about how wind farms affect birds. Offshore wind farms and the public trust SafeWind answers your questions about how public trust doctrine applies to U.S. offshore wind farms. Frequently Asked Questions: Do turbines kill bats? SafeWind answers your questions about how wind farms affect bats.. Harm to birds from wind farms can be minimized While some collisions occur no matter where a facility is located, the magnitude and severity of such impacts can be minimized by careful siting, as well as mitigation strategies. Questions and answers about wind farms, wildlife and global warming The Humane Society of the United States tackles tough questions about our energy choices. Thirty songbirds die at a single turbine in one night The Cumberland Times-News reports that 30 songbirds were killed at a single turbine during a night of dense fog in Tucker County, West Virginia, in June 2003. Bright lights may have been part of the reason so many birds died

51. WavAngel Warrior - Endangered Whales and still provide safety for marine mammals and sea life. When half a million dollars a year is spent, in the work to preserve our endangered whale species http://mywebpage.netscape.com/truuuleeblessed/aware.html

htmlAdWH('93097763', '234', '60'); Similar Pages The National Marine Fisheries Service reports, a new Navy sonar used in March of 2000, may have caused at least 16 whales and two dolphins to beach themselves on islands in Abaco, Grand Bahamas. Eight whales died. Afterward, scientists found hemorrhaging around their brains and ear bones, injuries consistent with exposure to loud noise. Local beachgoers and mammologists struggled to push remaining whales back into the ocean. Same type of whale stranding happened to a group of whales in Greece, in 1996. Government studies show this occurance to have been caused by the Navy's mid-range frequency active sonars. In both instances, the Navy were using a low-frenquecy sonar, to detect silent nuclear submarines (this sonar, emitting sounds as loud as 215 decibels, which is the same as standing next to a twin-engine F-15 fighter jet as it takes off). Scientific study has proven 180 decibels, are enough to make a whale's brain hemmorage. Also, reports have shown that this sonar has adversely effected: swimmers, scuba divers, marine biologists and even, Navy Seals. Obviously, this high range of noise pollution is a threat to man and marine life. Studies have been done. There are ways to maintain a high standard of National Security and still provide safety for marine mammals and sea life. When half a million dollars a year is spent, in the work to preserve our endangered whale species, why is this LFA Sonar being allowed to put the nation's whales in serious jeopardy? Yes, in fact, a ruling has been passed by the U. S. Goverment, approving use of their LFA Sonar System to be used in 80% of the world's oceans! C'mon, Washington! It's broke, fix it! We, the people, don't want to waste our hard-earned dollars preserving the very mammals, that YOU GUYS are in a hurry to see, extinct in 5-15 years. The majority of us, believe in National Security...but since your keeping us alive..we still live here and want to keep our palace interesting and beautiful.

52. Pew Oceans Commission in the phylum Porifera and 98% of them are marine. life on earth and in the oceans depends on The species represents one of the endangered Species Act s http://www.pewoceans.org/articles/2001/10/04/brief_19077.asp

Press Room Full report Table of Contents Report by Section Executive Summary State of America's Oceans Commission Recommendations ... Introduced Species The Commission issued its final report June 4, 2003 Order your copy today! Which marine species do you feel is most endangered? Sea turtles Swordfish Coral Whales Press Room The Diversity of Marine Life The Pew Oceans Commission has been established to recommend changes in public policy to protect marine biodiversity. It is impossible to put a value on biodiversity or to portray in a few words its contribution to the human experience. These items have been collected to illustrate marine biodiversity and to open a small window on the wonderful complexity and surprise that can be found in the natural history of each sea creature. Life began in the seas 3.1 billion to 3.4 billion years ago. Relative newcomers, land dwellers appeared only 400 million years ago. Every spring, female horseshoe crabs emerge from the depths to lay up to 20,000 small, green eggs. These eggs are a vital link in shorebird migrations. Traveling to Arctic breeding grounds from winter habitats in South America, from 500,000 to over one million shorebirds time their arrival in Delaware Bay to feast on the eggs, doubling or tripling their weight before moving on. Horseshoe crabs are also vital to protecting the nation's pharmaceutical drug supply; their blood provides a valuable test for the toxins that cause septic shock. During spawning, female horseshoe crabs are collected, bled, and returned unharmed to the water. Under federal law, all intravenous drugs must be tested for impurities with horseshoe crab blood.

53. Pew Oceans Commission Which marine species do you feel is most endangered? you know worldwide, 27 million tons of fish, mammals, turtles, birds and other marine life is discarded http://www.pewoceans.org/inquiry/

Press Room Full report Table of Contents Report by Section Executive Summary State of America's Oceans Commission Recommendations ... Introduced Species The Commission issued its final report June 4, 2003 Order your copy today! Which marine species do you feel is most endangered? Sea turtles Swordfish Coral Whales Areas of Inquiry Did you know...bluefin tuna are among the largest and fastest marine fish and the most wide-ranging animals on earth. An adult may weigh 1500 pounds, grow to ten feet long, and swim as fast as 55 miles per hour? Human-induced activities create enormous pressures on our ocean waters, coasts, habitats, wildlife and marine life. The best available science most often cites unintended fishing impacts, coastal development, pollution, climate change, aquaculture, and invasive species as the principal threats to ocean and coastal environments. These pressures are the preliminary areas of inquiry for the Pew Oceans Commission. Aquaculture The farming of fish, shellfish, or aquatic plants. Pew Oceans Commission Receives Additional Information on Sustainable Aquaculture Marine Aquaculture and the Environment Issues in Aquaculture Regulation Responsible Marine Aquaculture Sustainable Aquaculture Subject of Pew Oceans Commission Panel ... Status of Marine Life Includes overfishing, taking marine life other than the targeted fish species (bycatch), habitat degradation and loss, and altered marine ecosystems.

54. Licensed To Kill Press Release 2/2001: How Routine Operations At Nuclear Reactor marine life, ranging from endangered sea turtles and manatees down to delicate fish larvae and microscopic planktonic organisms vital to the ocean ecosystem http://www.nirs.org/licensedtokill/LICENSEDTOKILLPRESSRELEASE.htm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT INFORMATION: Linda Gunter, SECC: (202) 483-8491 x13 Howard White, HSUS: (301) 258-3072 New Report Shows Once-Through Nuclear Reactor Cooling Systems Devastate Marine Life and Ecosystems: LICENSED TO KILL: How the Nuclear Power Industry Destroys Endangered Marine Wildlife and Ocean Habitat to Save Money The report, Licensed to Kill: How the Nuclear Power Industry Destroys Endangered Marine Wildlife and Ocean Habitat to Save Money , further documents a lack of oversight by governmental regulatory agencies, particularly the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that may border on collusion. "Tragically, under the present regulatory system, the nuclear power industry's needs almost always prevail over the interests of marine life," said Scott Denman, Executive Director of the Safe Energy Communication Council (SECC). "Instead of applying sanctions when a nuclear plant kills more than its allotted quota of endangered species, NRC almost always supports industry attempts to raise the limits on the number of animals that can be killed or captured during reactor operation," Denman added. The Safe Energy Communication Council, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), Standing for Truth about Radiation (STAR), and The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), are the four groups issuing

55. Internationaler Tierschutz Fonds | Kampagnen Fördern | Wale Und Walfang | Prote Protecting endangered whales and their habitat. Building marine Awareness in the Caribbean. In an effort to increase awareness of whales and other marine life http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=36540

56. 国陠爱护动物基金会 | 参加活加Protecting endangered whales and their habitat. Building marine Awareness in the Caribbean. In an effort to increase awareness of whales and other marine life http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=36460

57. The Marine Mammal Center Center, working to rescue and protect marine mammal species up with effective recovery programs for endangered species. protect the rich variety of life on earth http://www.tmmc.org/learning/education/mammalinfo/endanger.asp

our group programs marine mammal information classification pinnipeds ... sea lions at PIER 39 Endangered Marine Mammals An endangered animal or plant is a species that is considered in immediate danger of becoming extinct. Its population is very small and it needs active protection to survive. In the United States, hunting of endangered animals is not allowed. Neither is importation of their meat, fur, tusks, blubber, or other products. Extinction has happened throughout history, but in modern times the rate has increased dramatically. There is a link between the increase in the extinction rate and the growth in human population. The worldwide human population was 1 billion in 1600, 1.5 billion 100 years ago, and is over 6 billion today. At the same time, the species extinction rate has increased to one species a day. If this continues, it will cause a dramatic drop in the diversity of life on our planet, which will most certainly have serious effects. Increasingly, people crowd out places for wild plants and animals to live. Some animals and plants can survive in only one specific type of habitat, and when their habitat disappears, so do they. Some areas have become too polluted and unhealthy for animals and plants to survive. Recreational activities also interfere with wildlife. For marine mammals, there is the special problem of accidental entanglement in fishing nets and collisions with boats.

58. Pilot Census Of Marine Life In The Gulf Of Maine Abbreviations used in Cetacean life Histories CITES ESA endangered Species Act IUCN - World Conservation Union NMFS - National marine Fisheries Service NOAA http://www.usm.maine.edu/gulfofmaine-census/Docs/Reference/cetaceans.htm

Groups of Organisms Prospectus Bibliography Nautical Charts ... Workshop Reports Illustrated Taxonomy: Cetaceans Main Functional Groups Illustrated Taxonomy Images of Cetaceans can be obtained by clicking on the common name. Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus Blue Whale Balenoptera musculus Common Dolphin Delphinus delphus Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Killer Whale Orcinus orca Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorosrata Northern Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus White-beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris Abbreviations used in Cetacean Life Histories CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. NOTE - All cetaceans not listed under Appendix I are listed under Appendix II. ESA - Endangered Species Act IUCN - World Conservation Union, formerly called the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

59. Pilot Census Of Marine Life In The Gulf Of Maine NOAA. 1996. Threatened, endangered and depleted seals and sea lions brochure. Waller, G. 1996. Sea life. A complete guide to the marine environment. http://www.usm.maine.edu/gulfofmaine-census/Docs/Reference/organism_def.htm

Groups of Organisms Prospectus Bibliography Nautical Charts ... Workshop Reports Functional Groups of Organisms Main Illustrated Taxonomy Taxonomic Definitions Viruses Bacteria Plants (sessile) Benthic Microalgae Sea Grasses Fungi Plankton ... Meroplankton Cephalopods Squid Crustaceans Fishes Sharks ... Jawless Fishes Reptiles Sea Turtles Mammals Cetaceans Pinnipeds Birds Seabirds Non-Taxonomic Definitions Parasites Pathogen Benthic Meiofauna Benthic Macrofauna ... Deep-sea Benthos These definitions were prepared by H. Tuncay Kinacigil in October 2000 and edited by Scott Kraus Reference List Allaby, M. 1996. The concise Oxford dictionary of ecology. Oxford University Press. Bigelow, H., and Schroeder, W. C. 1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Vol. 53, pp. 1-577. Washington, D.C. Charton, B. 1988, The facts on file dictionary of marine science. N.Y 326 p. Hawksworth, D. L., Kirk, P. M., Sutton, B. C., and Pesler, D. N. 1995. Dictionary of the fungi. CAB International. Lutz, P. L., and Musicks, J. A. 1996. The biology of sea turtles. CRC Marine Science Series. CRS Press, Inc.

60. Marine Endangered Species Rules Subject To APA - By Clay Henderson - Holland & K Therein, the Legislature specifically transferred all authority over marine endangered species to powers of the state with respect to marine life. The trial http://www.hklaw.com/Publications/Newsletters.asp?ID=204&Article=1134

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