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That is one ugly ... fish, but yummm, tasty. I love eating endangered species

Gore's message loses bite

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By Rebecca Keeble

July 18, 2007 12:00am

ONLY one week after Live Earth, Al Gore's green credentials slipped while hosting his daughter's wedding in Beverly Hills.

Gore and his guests at the weekend ceremony dined on Chilean sea bass - arguably one of the world's most threatened fish species.

Also known as Patagonian toothfish, the species is under pressure from illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities in the Southern Ocean, jeopardising the sustainability of remaining stocks.

The species is currently managed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources, the body which introduced a catch and trade documentation scheme as an attempt to tackle illegal poaching of this species.

Working with non-government organisations, the Humane Society International's focus is now on pursuit of illegal fishing operators who, in the rush to cash in on the highly valued species, plunder stocks with no regard for sustainability.

It has been estimated that more than 50 per cent of toothfish traded is illegally caught, and includes juveniles vital to the ongoing toothfish population.

For many years HSI has expressed concern over the huge numbers of seabirds that die each year on the hooks of illegally set demersal longlines, threatening the long-term viability of those populations.

Yet, while legal operators in the Southern Ocean are obliged to follow strict environmental rules, illegal operators undermine the sustainability of their fishing operations.

Recently, HSI petitioned the US Government asking that they certify and sanction Spain for allowing Spanish nationals known to engage in pirate fishing operations to continue to harvest toothfish in a declared conservation area.

Success would allow the US Government to embargo Spanish toothfish imports until such time as Spain demonstrates compliance of its nationals with international law and agreements.

As we await a response from the US, thousands of endangered seabirds die, while the sustainability of the Patagonian toothfish and the legal fishing industry inches closer to the brink of extinction.

A strong and concerted effort by Governments, the fishing industry, the conservation community and by the public which drives consumer demand, is required to put an end to pirate fishing operations in the Southern Ocean - otherwise the ecological sustainability of the toothfish is at risk.

And Al Gore could choose something else to eat.

* Rebecca Keeble is program manager for Humane Society International.

Huge squid washes up on beach

Huge squid washes up on beach - CNN.com
Where are Al Gore and his GLobal Warming Troopers during this environmental tragedy...off rockin' the free world

Spain's running of the bulls begins; 7 injured

Spain's running of the bulls begins; 7 injured - USATODAY.com
Is this a coincidence that this is at the same time as Al Gore's Global Warming Concert , "RUNNING OF THE BULL SH**.....

How much methane is being produced by all of this BullSh** ???

Embedded Blogger returns to Alaska !!!

Did Global Warming help destroy homes back in '69 ??
Yes, the Grand master Blogger (G #2) has requested more info on the "Carbon Neutral" State known as ALASKA.
Once again I travel along the Coastal bike trail along Anchorage and stopped by "Earthquake Park"
Just outside of downtown, Earthquake Park commemorates the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake - the most powerful tremor ever recorded in North America. See where huge tracts of land slid into the inlet, destroying 75 homes. Downtown at The Alaska Experience Center a movie presentation of the 1964 earthquake is shown year-round, (ref http://www.anchorage.net/492.cfm
Now this park has of info on a bunch of monuments and pertaining to the 75 homes destroyed. They say that the homes where built on a bluff which was supported by a large clay sediment layer that was deposited by glaciers 15-30 thousand years ago!!!
Now wait a minute, I thought that "Global Warming" was a new thing?!?!?!

Whales return to the Pacific--Global Warming or Climate Cooling

As previously stated, I have imbedded myself into the heart of the enemy, today I am in San Franciso investigating this errant whale story. Now you might want to believe all of the village idiots (and it does take a village to raise one) and think that Global Warming is the root of all out of the norm happenings with our environment. But as in the case with this whales I have concluded a few things.

1) Today in San Francisco, I Froze my butt off as I walked to breakfast, (Overcast and 52deg) Even the obligitory street corner transvestites on Polk ST had "Stiff Nipples"!!

2) The whales followed the cool water into the bay and eventually the Sacramento River. Cold water due to the "SNOW MELTING" from the Sierra Nevada's.

3) Whales have been traversing this coastline a lot longer than we have had the technology to track them (ie, liberals in rubber boats).

4) With all of the talk of carbon footprints, I dare say that more carbon was burned following these stupid whales than all of the whale poop combined in the North Pacific. In fact, i'm willing to bet that more damage was done to the environment by these "do Gooders" than Al Gore's monthly utility bill.

5) And to top it off, when one of the countless, homeless bums sleeping in the "Streets of San Francisco" asked for a handout.... I had to tell 'em.." Sorry dude, I gave all of my Carbon Credits to the "Follow the Whales" fund!!!
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By Jeff Chiu, AP
A Coast Guard boat patrols the water in the San Francisco bay, Wednesday. Two lost whales last spotted near the Golden Gate Bridge may have slipped back into the Pacific Ocean after a two-week sojourn that took them 90 miles inland up the Sacramento River, scientists said Wednesday.
By John Ritter, USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — Rescuers have lost the two lost whales.
Search boats and helicopters scoured San Francisco Bay and open ocean outside it on Wednesday but saw no sign of the mother humpback and her calf. The pair had been spotted less than 10 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge late Tuesday near Tiburon, Calif.
The whales might have slipped beneath the bridge under cover of darkness and returned to familiar waters of the Pacific Ocean after milling around in an inland river delta for more than two weeks.