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Twenty percent of seabird species are considered globally threatened.

More Seabird Specis Are Endangered
According to Enticott and Tipling (1) about 300 or 3% of the species of birds fit our definition of seabirds. Many (20%) are globally threatened compared with 12% for birds in general (1). Why are the seabirds more vulnerable? Oil spills, military projects, overfishing, and fishing bycatch are all issues of concern. Learn more.

Let Your Voice Be Hear
Write to your congressmen and congresswomen. Use E-mail. They seem to change their E-mail URLs often so look them up each time. Follow this link and enter your zip code to get the address and telephone number.

http://congress.org/

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	Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Home Page of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), an inter-disciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU). SCAR is charged with the initiation, promotion and coordination of scientific research in Antarctica. It also provides scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty System. http://www.scar.org/
	Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch If you enjoy seafood, please see the Seafood Watch so that you can eat only the seafood that is not endangered.  http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/download.aspx
	Herring Alliance The Herring Alliance is a coalition of environmental and other public interest organizations dedicated to protecting and restoring marine wildlife populations and Northeastern U.S. marine ecosystems by reforming the Atlantic herring fishery. http://www.herringalliance.org/

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Secure Fence Act of 2006 and birding in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

Windmills At Plum Island

Massachusetts Oil Spill April 2003
Atlantic Seabird Breeding Islands
New Fishing Technology to Save Seabirds
Southern Oceans Seabirds
Shetland Kittiwakes
Greenland Seabirds
Deep-Sea Trawling
 

Great Pacific Garbage Patch
There is an island of plastic garbage in the Pacific Ocean that is twice the size of Texas.  Follow this link and read about it.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch .  Be sure to follow the link at the bottom of the page to a video by Charles Moore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7K-nq0xkWY

Of course the same thing is happening in the Atlantic.  Consider not using any throwaway plastic items including: water bottles, shopping bags, plastic flatware, plates. 

Effect of the plastic garbage on baby Albatrosses on Midway Atoll. http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=11
 

Brazilian Oil Rig Sinks
March 2001 an oil rig collapsed and sunk. No more reports on the status of this dangerous situation. Apparently there was little oil leaked.