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Sustainable Seafood Guides

	Seafood Watch pocket guide From the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Seafood Watch is a pocket guide to ocean-friendly seafood available regionally in the United States.
	Seafood Watch Mobile For your mobile phone! Information about ocean-friendly fish at your fingertips, brought to you by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and specific to the United States.
	FISHONLINE From the UK's Marine Conservation Society, FISHONLINE will help you select your seafood more responsibly by identifying fish caught using methods that minimize damage to habitats and wildlife and/or are from well-managed sources. This site also includes pocket guides to fish to eat & to avoid.
	WWF's Seafood Guides Together with the Seafood Choices Alliance, WWF developed a methodology to assess the sustainability of seafood species. Includes coverage for regions in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Legislation and Activism

HR 1957: To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing in the North Aleutian BasinPlanning Area, and for other purposes.

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Bristol Bay - WWF is currently working to pass the Bristol Bay Protection Act (HR 1957 / S 1311 )to protect this important habitat in the Bering Sea and Kamchatka region from offshore oil and gas leasing and development. Bristol Bay is one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the world. The bay is the site of the world's largest wild sockeye salmon runs, important nursery grounds for red king crab and Pacific halibut, staging areas and wintering grounds for tens of millions of seabirds, and a feeding ground and migration corridor for marine mammals, including five endangered species.

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WWF: S. 1311: To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing in the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area, and for other purposes.

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visit http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:s1311is.txt.pdf

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Protect Threatened Species and Tropical Forests

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U.S. activists: Each year at this time in the federal budget cycle, you have a huge opportunity to help countless species and habitats by urging your members of Congress to speak out for U.S. funding that protects nature in developing countries.

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Urge the Senate to Ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty

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U.S. activists: Help save coral reefs, whales, dolphins and other marine creatures by urging your senators to ratify the international Law of the Sea Convention.

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Save the Polar Bear Seas

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U.S. activists: Urge your representative to cosponsor the Polar Bear Seas Protection Act, which would halt oil and gas leases in the polar bear’s habitat until scientists can fully assess the environmental impacts.

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Protect Endangered Species From Coal Mining

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U.S. activists: Urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop ignoring the impacts of coal mining, including mountaintop removal, on our nation’s threatened and endangered wildlife.

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Say YES to Sustainable Seafood

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All activists: Pledge to buy seafood that's certified as being sustainable and urge stores and restaurants to carry certified fish.

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Volunteer at the Gulf of Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

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Designated in 1981, the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary encompasses 948 square nautical miles of water off the California coastline west of San Francisco. In cooperation with the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association, the Sanctuary trains and supports volunteers for its Beach Watch and SEALS programs.

visit http://farallones.noaa.gov/about/involved.html

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Volunteer & Intern Opportunities at the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

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Join the Channel Islands Naturalist Corps (CINC), a group of specially trained volunteer ocean stewards dedicated to educating passengers on board vessels visiting the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park (CINP). Or become an intern and gain experience working directly with Sanctuary staff to manage the marine resources found within CINMS through education, outreach, research and resource protection programs.

visit http://channelislands.noaa.gov/focus/volunteer.html

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Volunteer Programs at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

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The FKNMS offers great opportunities for volunteering, including the Coral Reef Classroom, Team O.C.E.A.N., Reef Medics, and more. Information about internships in the Florida Keys is also listed.

visit http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/volunteer_opportunities/welcome.html

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Tropical Forests and Coral Reefs Need Your Help

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U.S. activists: Urge your senators to pass the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act.

A bill to protect tropical forests and coral reefs may come up for a vote soon in the U.S. Senate. We need to show an outpouring of support for the tropical forest and coral reef conservation bill in order to ensure that it remains in the package and that the package passes.

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Save Critical Habitat for Endangered Whales and Marine Life

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U.S. activists: Stop offshore oil and gas drilling in Bristol Bay, Alaska, which is critical habitat for endangered whales and marine life.

Bristol Bay needs to be permanently protected from the high risks of oil and gas development. Offshore drilling there poses multiple risks, from disturbance to whales caused by seismic testing, to the potential for catastrophic oil spills like the Exxon Valdez disaster. Bristol Bay’s notorious winds, powerful seas, variable ice and cold temperatures led the federal Minerals Management Service to predict that drilling there would result in at least one major oil spill, in addition to numerous smaller spills. An oil spill in Bristol Bay would have devastating impacts with little chance of a complete recovery.

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