Fw: Beluga Whales Still Need Your Help

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" Ocean Conservancy "

 

Beluga Whales Still Need Your Help

 

In a few short days, ocean activists

have submitted an incredible 7,000 public comments to the National

Marine Fisheries Service to help protect Cook Inlet beluga whales.

Let's keep the momentum going and send even more. If you

haven't yet taken action, there's still time. You can also

keep tabs on the count with our " belugometer " and send

beautiful beluga e-cards to all your friends reminding them to get

involved. Help save beluga whales, take action at

 

http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/R?i=HUvCNeHZsHeey-FhANxC8w..

 

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Aquaculture Bill Introduced In Congress

 

Representatives recently introduced to Congress the National Offshore

Aquaculture Act (HR 2010) to authorize fish farming in federal waters.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the agency

responsible for regulating aquaculture, is hoping to triple domestic fish

farming by 2025, but sea ranching, as some call it, can endanger the

environment. Drugs and fish waste can pollute nearby waters. Escaped fish

can spread disease and parasites, and weaken the gene pool of wild fish.

Moreover, it can take more than 6 pounds of wild fish to feed 1 pound of

some farmed species, resulting in a loss of important forage fish and ocean

protein. Ocean conservancy is taking the lead to ensure that aquaculture is

developed safely and sustainably in the US. Read more about aquaculture,

visit

 

http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/R?i=XZGef-lwclBk19Gksfv1mA..

 

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