November 2006 Protecting Our Ocean Wilderness Through Public Stewardship www.farallones.org Forward to a Friend!

IN THIS ISSUE

Alarming New Scientific Reports

Help Sustain the Ocean, Join the Krill Club!

Your Sustainable Seafood Shopping List

Wildlife Spotlight:
Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)

FMSA Events


 

You can make a difference in the fate of the ocean.  Donate to FMSA Today!

 

Making Waves  Learn more about our ocean backyard in events happening this week!

 

Help Shape Our Ocean’s Future! Join the JMPR meetings dicussing the future of our National Marine Sanctuaries

 

Pont Reyes Field Seminars:

11/18 Coastal Waterfowl

11/19 Petaluma River Birding Walk

12/1-3 Digital Photography

and more... 

Call (415) 663-1200

 

How to Survive in Antarctica: Whales, People and Other Wildlife.  Stories, pictures and music at the Book Depot in Mill Valley, 12/16, 7-8pm.  For more info, call Lucy at (510) 666-8864

 

 

 

 


Alarming New Scientific Reports and Launch of New "Thank You Ocean" Campaign Bring Marine Issues to the Fore

Thousands of dead fish from shrimp bycatch.

"Fish population on the brink" screamed the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle. "A future without fish" warned the New York Times.  These were two of many news media reporting on findings published in the November 3 issue of the journal Science detailing the true extent of our current ocean crisis.

In just the past century, the scientists reported, 90% of the world's fish and seafood has been depleted.  By 2048 we will have no fish left and the ocean's ecosystems will be destroyed unless we drastically change the way we are impacting the marine environment .

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Help Sustain the Ocean: Join the Krill Club!

Krill.Just as krill are a vital part of the ocean’s food web, the new Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association Krill Club offers a way for people like you to do your part to sustain the ocean. 

Members of the Krill Club keep FMSA programs going by making a monthly donation.  We set it up so you don't have to think about it--except when you look out at the ocean and know you are contributing to the health of our marine environment.  Continued >>

 

Your Sustainable Seafood Shopping List

Francisca studies a sand crab.

Recommendations for sustainable and tasty options for your holiday season table from Tom Worthington of Monterey Fish.

Local crab is here!  And wild salmon, oysters and more!   Click here >>

 

 

Wildlife Spotlight:Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)

mola on surface. NOAA Imagine a giant 10-foot-tall fish with no tail lying on its side, sunbathing at the ocean’s surface.  Well, there you have the Ocean Sunfish, or Mola mola, the largest bony fish in the world.  

The ocean sunfish is a flat, oval-shaped fish with a huge dorsal and anal fin, giving it the shape of a propeller.  The two fins, which flap from side to side, are its principal source of locomotion.  Although the sunfish has a truncated body, it does have a short, round tail (clavus) that acts as a rudder.

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