World Ocean's Day News

World Oceans Day was marked in Skerries with an event in the area. IT is amazing how much life you can find in a shallow rock pool beside the sea and that is exactly what young Skerries children found out last weekend.

PRECIOUS RESOURCES: World Oceans Day celebration at Siddhu Matriculation Higher Secondary School; a student performing a cultural programme at St.

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The United Nations Environment Program has designated June 8, 2009 as the "World Oceans Day," calling for the protecting of oceans around the globe which play a crucial role in maintaining the many ecosystem services.

Last week, 20-year-old Aurora, Vancouver Aquarium's star beluga whale mom, gave birth to her second calf at 3:39 pm Sunday June 7. The little girl weighed in at 70 kg, was 1.5 metres long, typically wrinkled and slate grey in colour.

Whoever thought that our heart-healthy, low-cal, doctor-approved trips to the supermarket fish counter would become fraught with moral choices? That's exactly the case being made by "The End of the Line," the disturbing new documentary on what overfishing is doing to the world's oceans.

Morgan Freeman, Anne Heche, Kelly Lynch, January Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Nicollette Sheridan, Virgina Madsen and more slathered on scented lotions from luxury beauty line La Mer to celebrate help Oceana celebrate World Oceans Day.

By Jennifer Bate, Special to the Daily News Originally published 5:50 p.m., Monday, June 8, 2009 Updated 5:50 p.m., Monday, June 8, 2009 NAPLES - After years of concerns and efforts, millions of people commemorated the first 'World's Oceans Day' on Monday.

Genoa, June 8 - A string of meetings and workshops are under way in this northern Italian port city as part of global celebrations marking World Oceans Day on Monday.

Monday, June 08, 2009 at 6:26 p.m. 2009 is the first year World Oceans Day is recognized by the United Nations.

The promotion of peace and security in the world's oceans will be a high priority for China as maritime issues become increasingly important, a Chinese official and an analyst said on the first World Oceans Day yesterday.

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The United Nations has designated today, June 8, 2009 as their first official World Oceans Day.

Ted Danson: Today, Monday, June 8, we recognize the first U.N.-sanctioned World Oceans Day.

Salem-News.com - June 8, 2009 - 1:06 pm Jun-08-2009 06:51 Oregon Coast Climate Conference Coincides with World Oceans Day This week, the Oregon Senate is expected to decide on a bill to study six prospective marine reserve areas for the Oregon coast that could eventually be part of a national reserve system.

Paying another tribute to Mother Nature, starting from this year 8th June will be marked as World Oceans Day.

Environmentalists and ocean lovers around the world are celebrating the first World Oceans Day recognized by the United Nations today.

Coral reefs are in danger from climate changes and ocean acidification. 8 June 2009 &#150 Human activities are exacting a &#8220terrible toll&#8221 on the world's oceans and seas, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today in a message marking the first United Nations World Oceans Day.

Eating fish is good for us, but catching it in the way we do devastates the sea.

Carolyn Elefant hosts Blawg Review #215 on World Oceans Day . Don't forget to submit your favorite law blog posts , even if not related to Carolyn Elefant's practice of the law of the seas and her deep concern for the oceans of the world, which is evident from reading her posts on this blog .