Nations and locals unite to curb marine plastic pollution
Environmentalists fishermen and officials join in a West Coast plus Gulf Coast cleanup. The Highliners Association aids federal outreach while Newport Oregon tests a waste plastics reduction model. Bills seek six pack yokes biodegradability and an international ban on high seas disposal.
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Seattle
Highliners Association
Pacific Ocean
Texas
Gulf Coast
Newport
Ore
Congress
United States
High Seas
Gill nets threaten mammals and birds along California coast
Fishermen turn to alternative gear as scientists count gill net fatalities among seabirds seals porpoises and otters. Officials close areas and set depth limits while pilots test safer nets with possible government aid to phase out gill nets.
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San Francisco
California
Zeke Grader
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations
National Geographic plans large sniff survey for 11 million readers
The magazine will run a 18 month science test with six scented panels included in September brochures. Editor Wilbur E. Garrett calls it the world’s largest sniff test and a major contribution to understanding smell. The feature includes a 38 page article by Boyd Gibbons on the intimate sense of smell and its role in flavor and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
National Geographic Magazine
Wilbur E. Garrett
Garrett
Boyd Gibbons
Gibbons
Napoleon
St. Helena
Locusts Seen as Food Not Pesticide in South Africa
Conservationist John Ledger of the Endangered Wildlife Trust urged eating locusts as a protein source amid preparation for a potential major plague. He compared locusts to prawns and cited cultural prejudices delaying acceptance. Botswana and Zimbabwe face related locust outbreaks.
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Durban
South Africa
John Ledger
Ledger
The
Endangered Wildlife Trust
Botswana
Zimbabwe
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United Effort
James Coe
National Marine Fisheries Service
Coe
Fisheries Agency
North Pacific
Kathy O’hara
Center For Environmental Education
Washington
Marine Conservation Group
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Academy of Sciences
Fisheries Service
Alaska
Barry Fisher
Ron Bruner
Society of the Plastics Industry
Bruner
Magazine Planning National Smell Test
National Geographic Society
Gazette
Brian Scott Alcaraz
Dora Alcaraz
Cedar Rapids
Brett Andrew
Benjamen
Jon
Denise
Dan
Mt. Vernon
Jacob William Brisbin
Judy Haas
Bruce Brisbin
Andrew Edward
Sandra
Don Fairfax
Joshua David
Brenda Doonan
Michael Lyn Doonan
Marengo
Nichole Ryann Durgin
Susan Durgin
Steven Durgin
Carrie Ann Fowler
Theresa Fowler
Bob Fowler
Samuel Joseph Groff
Jolene Groff
Kent Groff
Fairfax
Justin Dwight Hussey
Rebecca Lynn Hussey
Joshua Scott Immerfall
Sally Immerfall
Scott Immerfall
Marion
Calisha Nicole Jenkins
Marylin D. Jenkins
Willie Ray Jenkins
Adrienne Tristine Jones
Ibs
Cynthia A. Jones
Brian K. Jones
Rachel Ann Marshall
Debra Marshall
Randall Marshall
Jeanna Marie
Jackie Lovell
James Lovell
Central City
Douglas Wyatt Matheny
Teresa Matheny
James Matheny
Shellsburg
Nyssa Lovestar Nieto
Peggy Ann Nieto
Henry Nieto
Monticello
Corey James
Martys Blofield
James Robinson
Elizabeth Ann Oibs
Julie Ann Lnenicka
Frank James Lnenicka
Cheynne Quinn Maresh
Danielle M. Mareshi Swisher
Samantha Leigh Nickell
Connie Nickell
Doug Nickell
Toddville
Brenda Marie
Patricia Nielsen
Kevin Nielsen
Alburnett
Ashley Jo Seeman
Tina Seeman
Jeff Seeman
Justin Lloyd Seastrom
Debra Seastrom
Todd Seastrom
Ashley Elizabeth
Mary Soukup
Dale Soukup
J. Luke's Auxiliary
Jesseca Jacklyn
Andrea Stick
Kelly Stick
Tiffany Ellen Fay Strutz
John A Strutz
Angela J. Strutz
Jared Charles Suchan
Jennifer Suchan
Gary Suchan
Nicole Rae
Tina McKey
Tony Sykora
Jared Bradley Tee
Sharon L. Tee
Walter R. Tee
Kristie Sue Werning
Susan Werning
Keith Werning
Newhall
Danielle Margaret Wiese
Dianna Marie Wiese
Vinton
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