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SOMETHING IS NOT **FISHY HERE **   DEAD ZONES



**"THE DEAD ZONES IN THE GULF"**

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[|NASA]

[|THE NORTH WEST]

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Tuesday March 17th Alex Kayford Mountain, West Virginia

Tuesday March 3rd - Nic Shark Finning

Nick Bryant Shark Finning

1. Shark Finning has increased significantly over the past 15 years, and is becoming more successful and abundant. Explain some ways for why you think this is happening. (Hint: long lines) 2. If shark fin soup is not only the cause for the decline in shark populations by over 80% in the past 5 decades why are countries so hesitant to stop it or ban it? 3. There are many economical reasons why this poaching of sharks exist, what were the two main reasons that were shown in the presentation? 4. Say for example it wasn’t sharks that were being poached for their fins but another species like Tuna fish, do you think it would have the same impact that the sharks are beginning to have today? 5. Why do you think the people in china and Asia are willing to pay 150$ for a bowl of soup that is potentially harmful to them when there are other alternatives like the vegetarian shark fin? 6. Every issue usually has a moral aspect to it, and in this case the Finning of LIVE animals is at question. Do you think that if countries choose not to ban it there should be mandatory guidelines instated by the United Nations preventing the removal of fins and then throwing live sharks back into the water to drown, starve, or be eaten? 7. What are some ways that we can reduce the impact of the shark Finning while organizations and environmental activist try to prevent it all together?



Bonus WATER ! ! Water Foot Print [|NPR Living on Earth Feb. 27 2009]

Tuesday March 3rd - Sam ** E- WASTE ** 



 Dead Zones NY Times August 2008

Scientific American Tuesday March 10th - Nic

Thursday April 9th - Nick

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

__ http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/our-oceans/pollution/trash-vortex?MM_URL=http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/our-oceans/pol lut ion/trash-vortex__ __http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVwuPSLx2Xc__ __http://science.howstuffworks.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch.htm http://www.naturalnews.com/022885.html __

Tuesday April 14th - Andrew Tuesday April 21st - Hallie Tuesday April 28th Tuesday May 5th

NPR Radio Living on Earth 20 February 2009
 * "The Salt of the Earth"**

<--- LinK ! ! ** H ow much salt is a problem ? **

[|Effects of Road Deicing Salts on Groundwater Systems]

**<--- LinK ! ! Issues in Canada**

NPR Radio Living on Earth 13 February 2009 Sea Lice on Salmon [|Fish Farming Issues] [|Sea Lice and Fish Farming] [|Salmon Farming and Pollution]
 * Fish Farming and First Nations**