Live From China- Name the Shark, MPAs & Climate Change- Fall News

In this issue:

Live From China

Name the Shark Contest

Marine Protected Areas and Climate Change

Update US Shark Fin Trade Legislation

California Coastal Cleanup Day

Field Updates  Catalina Sharks, Farallon Island Expeditions 

Upcoming Events MPAs and Climate Change, Coastal Cleanups, Sharktoberfest

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Pledge the UN Initiative to Stop Fish Bombing

Fish bombing (also known as ‘dynamite fishing’, or ‘blast fishing’) is a destructive fishing practice in which typically, homemade bombs are dropped into the ocean or onto the seabed. Shock waves produced by the explosion either stun or kill fish, some of which are then collected from the surface while the rest sink to the seabed. Fish bombing not only targets fish but all other surrounding marine life, as well as destroying the coral reef which takes decades to recover devastating the ecosystem and future livelihoods.

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