Maui Nui Marine Resource Council
The Maui Nui Marine Resource Council (MNMRC) was formed in 2007, to bring human actions into balance with ecological principles through education, collaboration and advocacy so that our near shore waters will be restored to health with abundant life and sustained for future generations.
They are a community group of 28 voting members and non-voting advisors. Voting members represent a broad spectrum of the community, including commercial and recreational fishers, ocean tourism businesses, scientists, educators, cultural practitioners and most regions of Maui County.
Mission: Working together to restore clean water, healthy coral reefs and abundant native fish populations
to the islands of Maui Nui.
To learn more about and support the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council visit their website.
Venice Sinking Under 13 Million Plastic Bottles Per Year
Over 20 million tourists visit Venice every year, drinking an estimated 13 million bottles of water, in addition to those consumed by the 60,000 inhabitants. No wonder Venice is sinking.
Saving the ocean, one island at a time: Greg Stone on TED.com
Oceanographer Greg Stone tells the story of how he helped the Republic of Kiribati create an enormous protected area in the middle of the Pacific.
World biggest garbage dump – plastic in the Ocean
Another video showing the devastation of all the floating garbage in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the north Pacific.
+H20 brings water enthusiasts together while raising awareness for clean water issues.
How we wrecked the ocean
In a recent TED talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse.
Roz Savage: Why I’m rowing across the Pacific
Roz Savage is a great advocate for the oceans. Five years ago, Roz Savage quit her high-powered London job to become an ocean rower. She’s crossed the Atlantic solo, and just started the third leg of a Pacific solo row, the first for a woman. Why does she do it? Hear her reasons, both deeply personal and urgently activist.
Use Less Plastic
Every piece of plastic ever made still exists today, and much of this plastic has traveled from our hands to our oceans. The most important thing you can do is use less plastic. Join the Blue movement and sign the plastic pledge at SaveMyOceans.com.
Use Less Plastic from TakePart on Vimeo.
How to describe what happened last week? A Galapagos sea-voyage of 100 people (including Sylvia Earle, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, Steve Case, Ted Waitt, Bill Joy, Jackson Browne, Damien Rice, Chevy Chase, Jean-Michel Cousteau and 30 of the world’s leading marine scientists) turned into an epic event that may have significant impact on global efforts to save our oceans. It happened because the individuals and organizations on board chose to abandon the obstacles that often engulf nonprofit work, and engage in a process of emergent collaboration that I, for one, found truly thrilling.
Plastic Trash Found in Mahi Mahi
Here’s a sad report on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch reported by ABC News Video. A recent expedition by the Algalita Marine Research Foundation found ingested plastic in Mahi Mahi. This is one of the most common fish eaten here in Hawaii and is found on most seafood restaurant menus in the U.S. The takeaway from this? If you’re eating Mahi Mahi, you’re eating fish that have eaten contaminated plastic. Toxins from that plastic are in the fish’s system. You still want to eat that? This is a nice, concise, overview of both the plastic problem and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
