Global fisheries' nutrient extraction threatens ocean ecosystems and productivity, study finds
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-global-fisheries-nutrient-threatens-ocean.html
Some of what we found in the #SeamountsExpedition and the nonsense, desperate excuses from the New Zealand Fishing Industry.
(Climate change causes coral to turn into rubble? what?) 
“Coral graveyard” blamed on New Zealand’s bottom trawling fishing fleet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2fjkL4f_1U
Shane Jones wants to make changes to the Fisheries Act. 
They are great for the fishing industry, but not good for those of us who want healthy oceans. 
One of the lowlights is removing access to footage from Cameras on Boats, reducing transparency and accountability of the commercial fishing fleet. 
Submissions are open until April 11, and we want you to have a say! 
So we made a handy tool to build a submission in no time!
https://greenpeace.nz/jdc51t
Ignoring the popular demand for protection to cave to commercial fishers again.
This is yet more regulatory capture from the fishing industry preventing actual protection for a dwindling return of about $14K a year.
The health of the Hauraki Gulf is worth so much more than that.
(And there would be more fish for everyone if the area was protected properly) 
Government rejects Hauraki Gulf compromise
https://archive.ph/ekCPg
Coastal Environments - LiDAR Mapping of Copper Tailings Impacts, Particle Retention of Copper, Leaching, and Toxicity
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17050922 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #coastalenvironment #coast #coastal #mine #tailings #minetailings #GlobalTailingsManagementStandard #Keweenaw #LiDAR #bathymetry #topobathy #UAS #drone #particledispersal #copper #retention #leaching #BuffaloReef #toxicity #Daphnia #benthic #organisms #risk #hazard #contamination #impacts #sediment #water #hydrology #Michigan #USA #LakeSuperior #PortageLakeVolcanic #geology #spatialanalysis #biology #ecosystems #fisheries #trout #enviornmentalimpacts #leaching #riparian #systems
![aerial images - UAS high-resolution drone elevation and bathymetry surveys (base map 9 August 2022) of shoreline retreat at the original Gay pile location after bluff removal. Overlays along the beach edge trace shorelines in 2009, 2016, and 2022. The 78 m retreat over 6 years (2016–2022); equates to a 13 m/yr rate. The previous, nearly constant, long-term retreat rate prior to 2009 averaged 7.9 m/yr (ca. 26′) [7,57]. The original Jacobsville Sandstone shoreline, before stamp sands were discharged, is marked by the red border in the far-left upper region. Note white concrete basements of the two mills and remnants of both wooden and broken concrete launders in the northern region. Environmental recovery is beginning, as benthic organisms and fish are returning to clear underwater stretches of the bedrock shelf, where waves have removed stamp sands. Scattered trees (many birch) are beginning to colonise what is left of the original Gay Pile surface.](https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/181/078/126/458/223/original/308a656b51dd22fa.png "aerial images - UAS high-resolution drone elevation and bathymetry surveys (base map 9 August 2022) of shoreline retreat at the original Gay pile location after bluff removal. Overlays along the beach edge trace shorelines in 2009, 2016, and 2022. The 78 m retreat over 6 years (2016–2022); equates to a 13 m/yr rate. The previous, nearly constant, long-term retreat rate prior to 2009 averaged 7.9 m/yr (ca. 26′) [7,57]. The original Jacobsville Sandstone shoreline, before stamp sands were discharged, is marked by the red border in the far-left upper region. Note white concrete basements of the two mills and remnants of both wooden and broken concrete launders in the northern region. Environmental recovery is beginning, as benthic organisms and fish are returning to clear underwater stretches of the bedrock shelf, where waves have removed stamp sands. Scattered trees (many birch) are beginning to colonise what is left of the original Gay Pile surface.")
In case you missed it:
Here's the Minister for Ocean Destruction arguing that cameras on fishing boats are state surveillance (huh?), Maui dolphins don't exist, he dislikes TikTok, and protecting marine life is 'woke'. (for a party called NZFirst they try hard to import American culture wars)
And somehow direct donations from the fishing industry are not a conflict of interest? 
Much to consider. (also: yay Jack Tame is back!)
If these areas are truly “protected,” why are #IndustrialFleets allowed to plunder them? It’s time to ban supertrawlers from MPAs and hold governments accountable.
images by #Greenpeace
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https://www.europesays.com/1915861/ Oregon lawmakers demand reversal of NOAA staff cuts threatening safety, economy #ClimateMonitoring #EconomicStability #Economy #Fisheries #lawmakers #noaa #oregon #StaffCuts #WeatherForecasts
Media links:
Times of San Diego:
https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2025/03/12/4-indonesians-sue-san-diegos-bumble-be`e-seafood-alleging-forced-labor/
San Diego Union Tribune:
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/12/first-of-its-kind-lawsuit-alleges-human-trafficking-by-san-diegos-bumble-bee-seafoods/
The last two paragraphs for emotive impact::
Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde defined a cynic as someone who “knows the price of everything but the value of nothing”. In today’s society we often underrate things that do not have a dollar value attached.
So this compilation of Australia’s ecosystems, and their value to us, is a welcome development. It should lead to more informed, holistic decisions about whether natural assets should be protected, or damaged for economic benefit.
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries have lost over 600 billion euros to invasive species between 1970 and 2020, say researchers.
"...why should we care about an orange fish, at the bottom of the ocean, that you will probably never see?
I would like to propose an answer: Because the orange roughy is a perfect totem for every other species that we extract until its gone, it is a reflection of our relationship with our environment. We need to recognise this pattern, and change it, because it appears to lead to oblivion, every time."
DOGE just gutted the NOAA. It’ll make us all much, much less safe.
https://youtu.be/JwRaCAAYklI?si=hen4cDvm-KSImI9w
#NOAA
#extremeweather #lafires #hurricane #northcarolina #fires #extremeheat #nationalweatherservice #idiocracy #weather #weatherforecast #fisheries #aviation
Another precious hector's dolphin, an endemic dolphin of Aotearoa, has been killed by a commercial trawler.
This is not acceptable.
correction: seems it was trawler but not *bottom* trawler. Still not Ok though.
Hector's dolphin conservation tour marred by 'tragic' death
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360592638/hectors-dolphin-conservation-tour-marred-tragic-death
Did you know:
*70% of NZers think commercial fishing needs to change.
*72% want stronger laws to protect oceans and marine life. 
*74% support a ban of #BottomTrawling in the South Pacific high seas
*75% think more of the ocean should be protected.
*79% want ocean sanctuaries to be established in the South Pacific Ocean. 
*81% want cameras on ALL commercial fishing vessels.
(Nov-24 poll)
This government represents who, exactly?
Yup.
We are the baddies.
And our government is captured by industrial interests.
NZ blocks South Pacific seamount protections two years running
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/25/nz-blocks-south-pacific-seamount-protections-two-years-running/
Manager at an OR shellfish hatchery attends Town Hall and mentions that all the agricultural research station folks who supported them through shellfish breeding research were laid off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVN1PmmlHzs?si=myXNVk2MF8mucLJL&t=907 #USpol #Fisheries #Science
Good news (that could be better) but a small win is a win! I'll take it.
High Court strikes down lobster catch limits over environmental concerns
https://www.thelawyermag.com/nz/practice-areas/environment-and-climate/high-court-strikes-down-lobster-catch-limits-over-environmental-concerns/525067
Greg Cocks 
