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Issues: Wildlife

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Reviving Our Oceans
Overview: Changing the way we think about and manage our oceans can help avert a crisis.
Seafood Specials: Great Recipes that Help Save Oceans
Guides: Recipes from NRDC's home cooks and a few of our chef friends help you take the guesswork out of serving a healthy, feel-good seafood meal.
North Atlantic Swordfish
News: After a two-and-a-half-year campaign led by NRDC and SeaWeb to restore swordfish populations in the north Atlantic, the federal government in August 2000 announced measures to protect juvenile north Atlantic swordfish from fishing.
Keeping Oceans Wild
News: Learn more about how marine protected areas have helped fish and their habitats around the United States. Find out what you can do to help keep oceans wild in your own backyard.
Mercury Contamination in Fish: A Guide to Staying Healthy and Fighting Back
Guides: Power plants and chemical facilities are the main sources of mercury pollution, but this hazardous chemical makes its way into our homes and bodies in fish. This guide provides information about the health effects of mercury exposure, shows where it's coming from, offers tips for eating fish more safely and highlights opportunities to help stop mercury pollution.
An Astronaut Protects the Sea
Interview: Pew Ocean Commissioner Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan is president and CEO of COSI, a nationally respected center for science learning. The interview includes answers to questions such as: What will the oceans look like in 20 years if we simply continue to do what we're doing? What should individuals to do to save the oceans? How does your experience with the space program inform your work on oceans?
Ocean Protection Case Studies
Fact Sheet: Marine ecosystems and fish populations are in trouble, but proven solutions exist to restore the health of the oceans. These brief case studies illustrate a few and the results they can achieve.
The Blobs of Summer
OnEarth: From the Gulf of Mexico to the Bering Sea, jellyfish populations are out of control. Scientists studying this invasive species think ocean pollution may be part of the problem.
Global Warming Threatens Cold-Water Fish
News: A new study finds that as planetary temperatures rise, salmon and trout are likely to disappear from streams across the United States -- unless global warming pollution is reduced.
Caviar Emptor
News: Sturgeon have been swimming the world's waters since dinosaurs walked the earth. But unrelenting overfishing aimed at harvesting caviar, together with pollution and habitat destruction, have driven many of the world's 27 species of sturgeon to the brink of extinction. To reverse these declines, NRDC and others have launched a campaign to reduce demand for caviar and protect these ancient fish.
Land of Little Rivers: Fly Fishing in the Catskills
Photo Album: Fly fishing enthusiasts are among the most ardent advocates for clean and healthy rivers. These photos illustrate fly fishing on the rivers and streams of the Catskill mountains, including the still undammed Beaverkill River, one of the country's best known and most beloved trout streams.