Sentences with phrase «critical ocean habitats»

He believes that unlike MPAs, which protect just certain areas, this approach can protect all of a country's critical ocean habitats and species while continuing to provide a stable food source for people.

Not exact matches

Coastal oceans affected by suspended sediment tend to overlap critical fish habitats and nurseries.

«Interestingly, while some individuals that we tagged left the Red Sea and headed into the Indian Ocean, most remained relatively close to where they were tagged, suggesting that the area represents a critical juvenile habitat for this population,» Thorrold added.

New 5 - year plan links a healthy environment to a strong economy with a focus on the Arctic, oceans, freshwater and terrestrial systems that provide critical habitat for species

Our trash does not belong underwater however more than six million tons of it enters the ocean each year entangling and injuring marine life and damaging critical habitats.

In 1969 a Union Oil Co. oil rig blowout gushed 80,000 barrels of oil into the ocean, covering shorelines and critical habitat for fish, marine mammals and seabirds.

Not only are the zones inhospitable to most sea creatures, they squeeze critical upper ocean habitat as they enlarge, said Sarah Moffitt, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Davis» Bodega Marine Laboratory.

Lee Crockett, director of federal fisheries policy for Pew Charitable Trusts gives us a crash course on overfishing - taking fish from their habitat faster than they can reproduce - which is a critical issue among conservationists because fish provide a vital link in the chain of events that sustain our oceans, lakes and waterways.

Predictions concerning the consequences of the oceanic uptake of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) have been primarily occupied with the effects of ocean acidification on calcifying organisms, particularly those critical to the formation of habitats (e.g. coral reefs) or their maintenance (e.g. grazing echinoderms).

Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Living Oceans Society argued that the NEB and Cabinet failed to comply with the statutory requirements of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) with respect to the significant adverse effects of the Project on southern resident killer whales and their critical habitat.

Living Oceans Society and Raincoast Conservation Foundation provided evidence on the Southern Residents and their critical habitat addressed project - related contamination (including from a catastrophic oil spill), impacts on prey availability, and impacts from vessel noise.