Gulf of Mexico Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/category/gulf-of-mexico/ Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:45:45 +0000 de-DE hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-oeoo-logo-unterzeile-blau-1-32x32.jpg Gulf of Mexico Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/category/gulf-of-mexico/ 32 32 Gulf Shores determined to keep beaches clean https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2015/gulf-shores-determined-to-keep-beaches-clean/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2015/gulf-shores-determined-to-keep-beaches-clean/#respond Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:45:45 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=1205 http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2015/02/gulf_shores_determined_to_keep.html Gulf Shores determined to keep beaches clean through proposed litter ordinance, enforcement By Marc D. Anderson | manderson@al.com on February 06, 2015 at 1:54 PM, updated February 06, 2015 at 4:27 PM Digging their heels into a $1.2 million plan to protect the city’s most valuable asset, Gulf Shores officials are preparing to launch a new litter-fighting and recycling campaign on the beach in time for spring break. Coupled with a planned recycling center, the city will expand and improve its beach trash collection with cans placed along roughly 4 miles of beach between the Gulf State Park Pier and Little Lagoon Pass, which includes high-density condominium areas and homes on West Beach. The 4-mile stretch of beach west of the pass, which is lined with Gulf-front rental homes, will likely be monitored first to determine if trash and recycling receptacles are necessary. To ensure the program works, the city has budgeted funds for four beach rangers and two additional police officers who will enforce a soon-to-be-approved litter ordinance as well existing beach restrictions such as having no glass or dogs on the beach. „The overall point is that we’re determined to do our part to keep our beaches clean,“ Mayor Robert Craft said during Monday’s work session. „And to be able to get out there and pick up what is bagged and to be able to monitor it and notify the owner, ‚You’ve got to clean it up.‘ If you don’t, we will. And when we do we’ll send you a bill … so get it cleaned up. It is a proactive role that we take to make sure our beaches don’t end up like they have at spring break in the past.“

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Gulf Shores determined to keep beaches clean through proposed litter
ordinance, enforcement

By Marc D. Anderson | manderson@al.com
on February 06, 2015 at 1:54 PM, updated February 06, 2015 at 4:27 PM

Digging their heels into a $1.2 million plan to protect the city’s most
valuable asset, Gulf Shores officials are preparing to launch a new
litter-fighting and recycling campaign on the beach in time for spring
break.

Coupled with a planned recycling center, the city will expand and
improve its beach trash collection with cans placed along roughly 4
miles of beach between the Gulf State Park Pier and Little Lagoon Pass,
which includes high-density condominium areas and homes on West Beach.
The 4-mile stretch of beach west of the pass, which is lined with
Gulf-front rental homes, will likely be monitored first to determine if
trash and recycling receptacles are necessary.

To ensure the program works, the city has budgeted funds for four beach
rangers and two additional police officers who will enforce a
soon-to-be-approved litter ordinance as well existing beach restrictions
such as having no glass or dogs on the beach.

„The overall point is that we’re determined to do our part to keep our
beaches clean,“ Mayor Robert Craft said during Monday’s work session.
„And to be able to get out there and pick up what is bagged and to be
able to monitor it and notify the owner, ‚You’ve got to clean it up.‘ If
you don’t, we will. And when we do we’ll send you a bill … so get it
cleaned up. It is a proactive role that we take to make sure our beaches
don’t end up like they have at spring break in the past.“

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2015/gulf-shores-determined-to-keep-beaches-clean/feed/ 0 Ghost fishing activity in derelict blue crab traps in Louisiana https://oneearth-oneocean.com/research/2014/ghost-fishing-activity-in-derelict-blue-crab-traps-in-louisiana/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/research/2014/ghost-fishing-activity-in-derelict-blue-crab-traps-in-louisiana/#respond Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:39:25 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=343 Julie A. Anderson, Amy B. Alford, Ghost fishing activity in derelict blue crab traps in Louisiana, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 79, Issues 1–2, 15 February 2014, Pages 261-267, ISSN 0025-326X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.12.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X13007352) Abstract: Derelict crab traps impact the coastal ecosystem through continued catch of target species and species of conservation, economic, or recreational importance. During volunteer-supported crab trap cleanups in 2012 and 2013, we quantified ghost fishing activity in derelict crab traps in coastal Louisiana through a citizen scientist program. Volunteers removed 3607 derelict traps during these events, and over 65% of traps analyzed by citizen scientists were actively ghost fishing. Additionally, volunteers identified 19 species enmeshed in derelict traps, including a combination of fresh and saltwater species. We also detected a significant difference in the number of blue crab in actively ghost fishing derelict traps across removal locations with estimated catches varying between 2.4 and 3.5 crabs/trap. Our instantaneous estimates of ghost fishing activity are greater than those previously thought in Louisiana, further justifying current derelict crab trap prevention and removal extension and outreach programs in Louisiana and throughout the Gulf of Mexico. Keywords: Callinectes sapidus; Louisiana blue crab fishery; Derelict crab traps; Citizen scientists; Ghost fishing; Marine debris

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]]> Julie A. Anderson, Amy B. Alford, Ghost fishing activity in derelict blue crab traps in Louisiana, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 79, Issues 1–2, 15 February 2014, Pages 261-267, ISSN 0025-326X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.12.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X13007352) Abstract: Derelict crab traps impact the coastal ecosystem through continued catch of target species and species of conservation, economic, or recreational importance. During volunteer-supported crab trap cleanups in 2012 and 2013, we quantified ghost fishing activity in derelict crab traps in coastal Louisiana through a citizen scientist program. Volunteers removed 3607 derelict traps during these events, and over 65% of traps analyzed by citizen scientists were actively ghost fishing. Additionally, volunteers identified 19 species enmeshed in derelict traps, including a combination of fresh and saltwater species. We also detected a significant difference in the number of blue crab in actively ghost fishing derelict traps across removal locations with estimated catches varying between 2.4 and 3.5 crabs/trap. Our instantaneous estimates of ghost fishing activity are greater than those previously thought in Louisiana, further justifying current derelict crab trap prevention and removal extension and outreach programs in Louisiana and throughout the Gulf of Mexico. Keywords: Callinectes sapidus; Louisiana blue crab fishery; Derelict crab traps; Citizen scientists; Ghost fishing; Marine debris

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