Op initiatief van duikclub Bubble & Dive werd gisteren de Blaarmeersenvijver opgeruimd. Oorspronkelijk zou enkel de zwemzone worden aangepakt, maar er waren zoveel duikers dat quasi de hele vijver onder handen werd genomen.

Le nettoyage du Léman et de ses rives a mobilisé plus de 200 personnes dimanche. Le butin est toujours aussi inquiétant.
Le tas d’ordures, exposé dimanche devant les Bains des Pâquis, a provoqué bon nombre de réactions. Toutes d’indignation face au comportement de quidams n’hésitant pas à se débarrasser de tout et de n’importe quoi en le jetant à l’eau. Mais ce tas d’immondices, couvertes d’algues et de petites moules, n’est pas arrivé là tout seul. Il est le fruit du 22e nettoyage du lac organisé par le club de plongée Aqua-Diving.

The setting of Total Allowable Catch for NAFO fish stocks will take centre stage at the 36th Annual Meeting to be held in Vigo, Galicia from 22-26 September 2014.
The meeting, hosted by Spain with support from the European Commission, will see the representatives of 12 NAFO Contracting Parties discuss the setting of catch limits based on the best scientific advice.

New CITES trade controls come into effect on 14 September. Most comprehensive global effort seen in CITES’ 40-year history to give sharks and manta rays a better chance of surviving in the wild through robust regulation of international trade.

Following rigorous examination of the proposal, Chairman Dr Paul Vogel said there remains a high degree of scientific uncertainty about impacts on the viability of the south-western white shark population.
“At this stage, the available information and evidence does not provide the EPA with a high level of confidence. In view of these uncertainties, the EPA has adopted a cautious approach by recommending against the proposal,” Dr Vogel said.

Researchers have created a new model that could help determine what area of the world is to blame for each ocean garbage patch of floating debris – a difficult task for a system as complex and massive as the ocean.

Essen-Steele. Taucher machen in Steele einen unerwarteten Fund. Uhren, eine Perlenketteund Münzschablonen rufen die Kriminalpolizei auf den Plan, die jetzt versucht, die Herkunft zu ermitteln.

The Scottish Government has announced that it has launched a new strategy to tackle marine litter.
The aim of the strategy, entitled 'Marine Litter Strategy for Scotland', is to develop current and future measures to ensure that the amount of litter entering the marine and coastal environment is minimised to bring ecological, economic and social benefits.
At a cost of £16.8m each year to clean up, the strategy reveals that the majority of the litter found on Scotland's beaches and in the seas around it is plastic.

基隆良友潛水連續15年發起淨海活動，今天上午潛水教練林得治帶領助教及數名學員到八斗子潮境公園海域清理垃圾，共清出酒瓶、電線共7大袋垃圾，還有重達30公斤的流刺網，相當驚人。
林得治說，他在海裡還有發現1個更大、更重的流刺網，但因為被壓在巨石及泥沙底下，光靠人力無法拉出，研判可能是船隻途經時所拋下，希望有關單位能好好規劃，保護這得來不易的優質濱海遊憩環境。
基隆市議員呂美玲說，潮境公園有非常優質的濱海遊憩環境，但海裡卻有這麼多垃圾，對生態資源的危害非常嚴重，尤其流刺網更可能纏住潛水人員，若無法及時掙脫後果不堪設想，她呼籲民眾和遊客隨手帶走垃圾，共同維護海岸環境的清潔。
 
 

Southern California residents lose millions of dollars each year avoiding littered, local beaches in favor of choosing cleaner beaches that are farther away and may cost more to reach, according to a new NOAA-funded Marine Debris Program economics study.
Reducing marine debris even by 25 percent at beaches in and near California's Orange County could save residents roughly $32 million during three months in the summer by not having to travel longer distances to other beaches.