The Role of Science in a National Ocean Policy On February 23, 2010, Bob Gagosian, President and CEO of Consortium for Ocean Leadership, delivered the keynote address during an event sponsored by The Oceanographic Society at the Ocean Sciences meeting in Portland Oregon.

EPA to Allow States Address Rising Ocean Acidity The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine life.

Southern Ocean Winds Open Window to the Deep Sea Australian and US scientists have discovered how changes in winds blowing on the Southern Ocean drive variations in the depth of the surface layer of sea water responsible for regulating exchanges of heat and carbon dioxide between the ocean and the atmosphere.

UN Rejects Export Ban on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna A U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected Thursday by a U.N. wildlife meeting, with scores of developing nations joining Japan in opposing a measure they feared would devastate fishing economies.

Proposed ESA Listing Changes for the Loggerhead Sea Turtle NOAA’s Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), jointly referred to as the Services, announced today their joint determination that the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is globally comprised of nine distinct population segments (DPSs) that qualify as “species” for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

VEMCO VR4-Global Prototype Receivers Deployed Off Western Australian Beaches A research group in Australia recently deployed 20 VR4-Global prototype receivers to complement an existing network of deployed VEMCO receivers to collect information on the movements and behaviour of white sharks in the region.