CDP Oceans Clips: October 31, 2019
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Deformed Crabs, 'Destroyed' Seabed At Deepwater Horizon Site. “One of the first things researchers saw, via a remote control camera prowling the seafloor 5,000 feet below the ship, was a boot. The somber image appeared to scientists as they recorded the first view of BP PLC’s Macondo wellhead since it spewed nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion that killed 11 men in 2010. The Deepwater Horizon disaster shook industry, forced an overhaul of regulatory agencies and inspired new safety regulations. Research continues in the coastal wetlands where the three-month oil spill wreaked havoc. But researchers from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) say studies about the impact to the deep sea have ended, barring from view and investigation a desolate wasteland persisting beneath the surface.” [EE News, 10/30/19 (=)]
Battle To Protect Florida Coast From Offshore Drilling Continues. “The fight to protect Florida’s Gulf Coast from offshore oil and gas drilling is far from over. That was the update delivered on Oct. 28 during a presentation at the Sanibel and Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Business After Hours, held in partnership with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation and Oceana - an international advocacy organization focused on ocean conservation that is leading a national campaign to prevent the expansion of offshore oil drilling. The event was held at The Dunes Golf & Tennis Club on Sanibel.” [Cape-Coral Daily-Breeze, 10/29/19 (=)]
Maine’s Marine Chief To Chair Atlantic Fisheries Commission. “Maine’s commissioner of marine resources, Patrick Keliher, was appointed chair of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The commission coordinates and manages fishery resources – including marine fish and shellfish –along the Atlantic coast of the United States. The announcement was made at a commission meeting in New Castle, New Hampshire, on Tuesday. ‘It is both a great honor and huge responsibility to be trusted to lead the commission for the next two years,’ said Keliher in a statement. ‘I am humbled by my fellow commissioners’ confidence in me. While my obligation to the great state of Maine will always come first and foremost, I also recognize that Maine sits on boards for just 10 of the 27 species managed by the commission.’” [Central Maine, 10/30/19 (=)]
Lawmakers Urged To 'Turn Off The Faucet' On Plastic Waste. “Actor and ocean activist Ted Danson yesterday urged a House Natural Resources panel to create a national policy that would force U.S. companies to use less plastic in their products as a way to save the oceans. ‘We need to turn off the faucet and reduce the production of single-use plastic,’ Danson told the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife. ‘Companies that have created this problem need to change the way they do business.’ Danson, the vice chairman of Oceana’s board of directors, returned to the Capitol to try to twist the arms of lawmakers after getting arrested Friday with actress Jane Fonda at a rally promoting ocean health.” [EE News, 10/30/19 (+)]
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