Blue Frontier

Merry Fish Mass… December 18, 2006 By David Helvarg And a happy depleted stock recovery. As one of its last acts, the 109th Congress actually passed a half way decent reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This could be the first marine benefit derived from the change in Congress (see Blue Notes #30). With his electoral […]

But was this election good for the Fish? November 8, 2006 By David Helvarg Changing tides. Let’s see, our Blue movement PAC ‘Ocean Champions’ endorsed 20 House candidates for their strong support of marine conservation. Of those they supported 16 WON (and one is being recounted)! As House Ocean Caucus Co-Chair Sam Farr (d. CA) […]

An Occasional Ramble by the Sea Oct.5, 2006 By David Helvarg CALIFORNIA ROCKS THE OCEAN “I know this convention center. This is where we shot ‘Last Action Hero.’ We filled all the rooms with gunpowder…”Reminiscing about his life on screen wasn’t the only reason California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger came to the Long Beach Convention Center […]

Pumped Up in the Senate August 25, 2006 By David Helvarg Before taking its summer recess, the U.S. Senate passed a bill to expand offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida. More disturbingly, it opened the way for consideration of a House bill sponsored by Richard Pombo of California that could end […]

Huge Ocean Victory, Cold Corals, Big Party, a literate Congress and what? Talking dolphins? July 12 th, 2006 By David Helvarg Bush’s Blue Asterisk A strong case can be made that the Bush administration has had the worst environmental record of any presidency. But just as Barry Bond’s homerun record will always come with an […]