California Governor signs bill banning shark fin sales, possession, distribution
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – A bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday has been hailed by shark lovers as an important step in preserving the apex predators and the ocean ecosystems they inhabit.
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Sharks Slaughtered in Gill Net off Texas Coast
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It was the largest shark kill the Texas game wardens had ever seen. Last week, wildlife officials discovered an estimated 3,000 sharks caught and killed in an illegal gill net off South Padre Island in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Coral reef preservation has a long history
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Coral reefs have been dying off at alarming rates because of modern human activity, and conservationists struggle to preserve them. Now scientists have found such efforts have a long history.
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Oceana raises $900,000 at SeaChange dinner on Laguna Beach Estate
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Orange County hostesses Valarie Van Cleave and Eve Kornyei pulled out all the stops Saturday evening, as Hollywood and Washington, D.C. glitterati converged on the Laguna Beach estate of Karen and Bruce Cahill for the 4th annual SeaChange dinner and fundraiser.
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Panel seeks to reduce threat of sea lions to fish
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WASHINGTON—Wildlife officials have tried shooting them with
rubber bullets, chasing them with boats and scaring them with flares.
Nothing has worked for long. Now federal lawmakers took the first step
Wednesday toward making it easier for states and Indian tribes to kill
some of the California sea lions that feast on endangered and threatened
salmon in the Columbia River.
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