

Ocean Task Force, Something Fishy, A Peaceful landing on Tarawa, the Blue Beat and more Sept. 4, 2009 By David Helvarg I Don’t Know — Alaska President Obama’s Ocean Task Force is underway (see Blue Notes #62). What struck me about watching the first hearing in Anchorage August 21 – on NOAA streaming video –…

Summit Video, Ocean Task Force, Green bullets, Bloody Sharks, etc. Aug. 10, 2009 By David Helvarg Blue Vision Online David McGuire of Sea Stewards Studios has completed a ten-minute video of the Blue Vision Summit narrated by Sylvia Earle. Whether you were there for the historic four day gathering of over 400 ocean leaders in…

Obama, SpongeBob, the CIA, Sea Shepherds and so much more July 17, 2009 By David Helvarg Task Force Clears the Dock Things are moving forward on the president’s Ocean Policy Task Force that is supposed to create a new (first ever) unified marine policy for the United States. The background goes something like this —…

The Ghost Reefs of Kadavu June 19, 2009 By David Helvarg The Ghost Reefs of Kadavu In 2002 I went to Fiji to report on coral bleaching. I’ve just returned to find that while the corals have recovered from major bleaching events in 2000 and 2002 most of the marine wildlife, including almost all the…

Greening the Coast Guard, Pirates, Fish and more May 23, 2009 By David Helvarg Greening the Coast Guard My Coast Guard book ‘Rescue Warriors’ hit the stores in mid-May. It takes a comprehensive look at the “Coasties” their history, how and why they were able to save over 33,000 people after Hurricane Katrina when the…
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