In 2012, the drought-stricken Western United States will ship more than 50 billion gallons of water to China. This water will leave the country embedded in alfalfa–most of it grown in California–and is destined...
“Dozens of different groups—from residents to corporate interests to environmental advocates—have long held divergent views on how water should be allocated and managed in the three states [Georgia, Alabama, & Florida],” Apalachicola Riverkeeper’s website says....
Twenty-five years of Shark Week on Discovery Channel! Who knew? Year twenty-six started in August with a week of shark specials including “Sharknado” actress Tara Reid explaining what she learned about whale sharks from...
A news article on the recent deaths of dolphins along the Atlantic coast includes this interesting personal story about Bob Schoelkopf, a former dolphin trainer and now opponent of dolphin captivity: … His diving...
Who knew that “tens of millions” of rubber ducks race rivers for charity. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, in a KUOW radio interview, discusses the popular charity races where people can bet on (or “adopt”) a rubber duck for...
In May 2012, a majority of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to bar the adoption of new catch-share programs along the Atlantic Coast or in the Gulf of Mexico. In the...
Jonathan Adler, in a 2011 Volokh Conspiracy post, notes that catch shares made Alaskan king crab fishing a lot less dangerous. Alder links to a Nov. 14, 2011 Wall Street Journal op-ed by Alaskan...
Rognvaldur Hannesson’s Privatization of the Oceans is a fascinating story of the development of property rights in ocean fisheries… Hannesson sets the tone with an interesting comparison between the development of property rights in...
The world is a conflicted place, and since most of the world is ocean, no surprise that oceans host a great many conflicts. Oceans cover 71% of the Earth’s surface and hold 97% of...
Agents from NOAA … along with the Fish and Wildlife Service, raided the Miami business of Morgan Mok in 2008, seeking evidence she had broken the Endangered Species Act trading in...
