[MAIPC] Rachel Carson, Tourism and Invasive Spread

[Kathleen Seiler]

Dear Dewey (and all!) - one more sidenote to your ocean topic -

Eugenie Clark, a pioneering mid-century oceanographer, was asked a few years ago before her passing, about what she thought the biggest change in the oceans has been - and she simply said “overfishing” - she noted that in the past 50 years, about 50% of ocean life is gone, and she no longer ate seafood.
	See below link for great resource (if you aren’t already aware) and you can click on any guide you wish for any area: 

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/conservation-and-science/our-programs/seafood-watch <http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/conservation-and-science/our-programs/seafood-watch>

Microplastics p.s. - a few weeks ago in the Wash. Post Health/Science section, this topic! and even when you wash your polartecs & other polyesters, the small strands can add into the water system (found even in Arctic waters).  Yeesh!  Plus, some facial soaps & other personal products - check the labels esp. if they tout “microabrasion”

Tying in to lionfish - I saw that a group in FL is doing “contests” from time to time to see who can spearfish the most… and restaurants are beginning to offer them on their menus :*)  Raising awareness!

One of my past students now does undersea research for NOAA, and the last time we talked, they were doing population studies in the Gulf to determine the long-term damage to nurseries from the Deepwater Horizon incident.  Not good.

In light of oceans, guess who is the invasive species?  :*)

Kathy Seiler
Blue Ridge Summit

PATC North Chapter & ATC
PA Envirothon volunteer
Outdoor Educator

"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order."  John Burroughs



> On Feb 24, 2017, at 1:16 PM, frazmo <frazmo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In addition to the nightmarish plastics problem, overfishing continues to be a huge issue. And, invasive species cause harm to oceanic ecosystems as well. The Lionfish in the Atlantic and Caribbean is one scary example:
> 
> http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lionfish.html <http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lionfish.html>
> 
> And OK, sorry for the brief departure from invasive plants! ;-)  Cheers, "Arlington VA Steve Young"
> 
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Steve Young <sly27 at cornell.edu <mailto:sly27 at cornell.edu>> wrote:
> Unfortunately, all is not well with the oceans and this time we are the invasive species. Time to clean up our act, which Rachel Carson would probably agree. Check this out: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/11/seas-have-become-plastic-graveyard-can-technology-turn-tide/ <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/11/seas-have-become-plastic-graveyard-can-technology-turn-tide/>
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> Steve
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> 
> On 2/24/17, 8:47 AM, "MAIPC on behalf of HTI Gmail" <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org <mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org> on behalf of historictimekeepers at gmail.com <mailto:historictimekeepers at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Wife got me a copy of "The Sea Around Us".
> 
>     Two things.  One,  Amy, Carson documents some of the impacts of
>     "tourism" on ecological communities.
> 
>     Secondly, she describes oceans teeming with life that literally makes
>     the surface boil at night.  Has there been a recent work that more or
>     less looks at these same thing today?
> 
>     This book has made me much more aware of what goes on in the oceans.
>     Easy to see why it was a best seller.
> 
>     --
>     Regards,
> 
>     Dewey Clark,
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