Links
Arctic Portal: Protection of the Marine Environment (PAME) updated
http://arcticportal.org/en/pame/
was established by the Arctic Council Ministers with the mandate to address policy and non-emergency pollution prevention and control measures related to the protection of the Arctic marine environment
Clean Ocean Action
http://www.CleanOceanAction.org/
aims to improve the degraded water quality of the marine waters off the New Jersey/New York coast
Farmed and Dangerous
http://www.farmedanddangerous.org/
campaign highlighting that Salmon farming is bad for the environment focusing on British Columbia, Canada; seeking to protect wild salmon, coastal ecosystems, coastal communities and human health from destructive fish farming practices
Got Mercury? updated
http://gotmercury.org/article.php?list=type&type=75
a project of the Turtle Island Restoration Network which seeks to protect the environment and the public from mercury, includes calculator for determining mercury content of fish consumed
Heal the Ocean
focuses on wastewater infrastructure - sewers and septic systems - as well as other municipal operations that contribute to ocean pollution
Helsinki Commision, The (HELCOM)
has been working successfully for three decades to protect the Baltic marine environment from all sources of pollution
Local Authorities International Environmental Organisation (KIMO)
http://www.zetnet.co.uk/coms/kimo/
an international association of Local Authorities, which works towards cleaning up pollution in the North Sea
Red Tide and Harmful Algal Blooms
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program (NOAA/CSCOR/COP provides information on harmful ocean algaes
Shell to Sea
campaign website against Shell's planned Corrib gas pipeline in western Ireland, which would discharge toxic waste into a bay which is a breeding ground for dolphins and whales, as well as harming the local environment overall
Surfers Against Sewage
campaigns for an end to the discharge of raw and partially treated sewage and toxic waste, into our oceans and inland waters
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