Shrimp season worst in recent history!
“I've been in the shrimp processing business for 34 years, and this is the worst fall shrimp season I've ever seen,” said Danny Babin, general manager of Gulf Fish Inc. in Houma, who will be representing parts of Houma, Grand Caillou and Dularge on the Terrebonne Parish Council next year. The poor shrimping this year has been acknowledged by BP claims czar Ken Feinberg, who announced last month that he would double payouts for fishermen who have not yet resolved their claims. Shrimp and crab harvesters and processors will receive four times their documented 2010 losses from now on. Dean Blanchard, a ...
MIZU – New CEO and President
Mizu announced this morning that it has finalized its executive search and named industry veteran and Ride Snowboards Co-founder Tim Pogue as its new CEO and president. Over the last 20 years, Pogue managed consumer brands from recent marketing and licensing work with the Bob Marley brand, to pro athlete management at Burton, to product development and business operations as president and co-founder of Ride Snowboards. Full Story at: http://business.transworld.net/80578/features/mizu-names-tim-pogue-ceo-and-president/ About Mizu: Mizu is the original action sports water bottle brand. The company was founded by Jussi Oksanen, pro snowboarder, a four-time Winter X Games medalist, three-time US Open medalist and Olympic athlete, in ...
MIZU – M8 – “Earth Friendly Bottle”
*NEW Product available online at: GTC - Store MIZU - M8 The go to size for those who failed math. How much is 800mL? Don't worry about it, this is the bottle you want. Performance Features: - 18/8 Food-grade stainless steel - 100% Toxin, BPA, phthalate and PVC free - Mizu's mouth is the perfect size for drinking. Not spilling! - Angled neck for smoother flow - 100% Reusable and recyclable - Will not retain flavors - Lifetime warranty
Shark Slaying!
Every year tens of millions of sharks die a slow death because of finning. Finning is the inhumane practice of hacking off the shark's fins and throwing its still living body back into the sea. The sharks either starve to death, are eaten alive by other fish, or drown (if they are not in constant movement their gills cannot extract oxygen from the water). Shark fins are being "harvested" in ever greater numbers to feed the growing demand for shark fin soup, an Asian "delicacy". Illegal Shark Finning in China! Not only is the finning of sharks barbaric, but their indiscriminate slaughter ...
Ten Thousand Massed at Foley Square… New York is alive! #occupywallstreet
At 3PM, thousands of students, workers, and other supporters gathered in Union Square chanting "Shut the city down!" and using the People's Mic to share stories of how banks and corporate greed have impacted the 99%. Simultaneously, Occupiers took to multiple subway stations in all five boroughs. Students chanted "CUNY should be free!" and "Student Power!" as they took to the streets along 16th and 5th Avenue, shutting down traffic and leaving police powerless to respond. Police attempts to erect barricades along 5th Avenue failed to block the march, as banners reading "OCCUPIED" were seen along New School buildings. Now, massive crowds ...
Ocean Green
A Sustainable Vision The ultimate goal for Ocean Green is to produce surfboards that are made entirely from natural sustainable raw materials. Most surfers feel compromised by having to use equipment that is ecologically damaging in what should be a natural environment. OG gives surfers the choice of showing respect for their environment as they interact with it. Performance, Strength and Beauty The innovative construction of our EcoFoil surfboards produces a robust yet lightweight hollow balsa core. The shapes have been designed by our world class shaper Frank McWilliams and the Nicaraguan balsa wood achieves a stunning finish. Ethical Practices We are committed to sourcing sustainable ...
LOVE – Green Trash Can
"LOVE" Militia from Miami, complements of 3rd and Ocean... 3rd and Ocean - http://www.3rdandOcean.com
Rerip: Recycling and Reusing Surfboards
The Springwise Newsletter informs us all of another awesome recycling/reuse idea: Keeping surfboards out of landfills with recycling and reuse. We've seen efforts focusing to varying extents on each of the “3Rs” of waste management — reduce, reuse and recycle — but we couldn't resist mentioning one more that recently caught our eye. It isn't brand new, but California-based Rerip is a site that aims to help surfers resell, exchange and recycle old surfboards. Polyurethane, epoxy resin and expanded polystyrene are among the harmful compounds used to make surfboards today, Rerip points out. For that reason, its mission is “to create accountability, ...
Marine Debris and the Rubbish Trucks of the Sea.
green | July 31st, 2009 - 12:46 PM
Ocean garbage levels are damaging fishing catches. Dealing with garbage is now costing fishermen an ever increasing amount of time. Fishing catches may be decreasing, but inadvertent ocean litter pickups of mostly plastic debris are increasing.
Fishing For Litter scheme that is cleaning the nations seas. It provides fishing boats with bags to collect marine rubbish, which is trawled up during their normal fishing activities, and bring it ashore for disposal. The scheme is now running in all of Scotland’s designated landing ports meaning that skippers can collect bags and land marine litter wherever they fish.
Green Ocean in Italy has begun paying fishermen to bring back plastic waste. The group then recycles the plastic. Some of the waste is not plastic debris but protein waste – other fish entangled in nets by mistake. This waste might soon be separated out to make bio – energy.
The U.S. NOAA is also cautiously putting out feelers to would-be ocean garbage pickup companies with ecological solutions on how to clean up our oceans, while not further damaging ocean life.
Low-tech magazine featured an article about garbage trucks of the waterways including the Water Witch workboat. It could be compared to a floating bulldozer and features a powerful front end loader which can lift up to 1000 kg and reach to 3.65m below the waterline. About 100 of them are in use worldwide. A quick-release system ensures a range of loader attachments can be easily fitted in seconds. Attachments available include dredge buckets, log grapples, weed cutters/rippers, access platforms, cranes and more. The article also featured other barges etc that recover debris and waste.
Maybe we don’t even need new boats. Fishing boats are very good at (unintentionally) catching marine debris. Fishing for litter is a North Sea project that encourages fishermen to collect garbage they find in their fishing nets. The cooperation of the vessels and their crew is without financial compensation, but recently a Belgian minister decided to pay fishermen 10 euro per garbage bag they bring on shore.
Even now, you may not have noticed, but trash already does get picked up from landlocked waterways under garbage pickup contracts with local municipal organizations, by small vessels like the U.K.’s Pollution Hunter, pictured, or the U.S. Trash Cart.
But the open ocean is where the problem is worst. Organizations are beginning to actually pay someone to go out and pick up oceanic garbage. This can only be a great concept.
Thanks to @healthebay for retweeting @greenmeme tweet about this on twitter.
Check out ecoworldly for more information and other great reports.
