Wardens: Calif. fisherman shot sea lion in Sacramento River, faces animal cruelty charges

Calif. fisherman arrested in sea lion shooting

Study: Closing razor clam season on Washington coast for a year could cost $22 million

Study: Razor clam closure could cost $22 million

Group will meet to consider lifting oyster moratorium in Lousiana

Group to consider lifting La. oyster moratorium

A look at how climate change is spreading pests around the globe

Pests on move worldwide as climate warms

A look at some other pests that are benefiting or could benefit from global warming:

Jellyfish spread in world’s oceans, devastating fisheries, stinging millions; warming blamed

Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world

Obama administration backs off ban on raw oysters from Gulf Coast amid fierce criticism

FDA backs off oyster ban after strong criticism

Lake Mary teen surfing off New Smyrna Beach bitten by shark

Teen bitten by shark off New Smyrna Beach

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A Lake Mary teen surfing off New Smyrna Beach was bitten by a shark.

Va. dangles $6.7M to lure watermen out of the Chesapeake Bay crab business, gets few bites

Chesapeake crabbers not going for Va.’s buyout

EPA finds fish in about half of nation’s lakes and reservoirs harbor hazardous chemicals

EPA: Toxic chemicals in freshwater fish widespread

Report: Despite killing of sea lions at Columbia River dam, toll of salmon eaten goes up

Report: Sea lion kill hasn’t reduced salmon toll

Make me an offer: Virginia crabbers offer up licenses in bids totaling $30.4 million

Hundreds of watermen make Virginia an offer

Study: Airborne nitrogen pollution producing junk food for fish in Rocky Mountain Park lakes

Study: Nitrogen pollution worsens in Rockies lakes

Scientists: Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral bleaching damage this year

Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage

Sex for survival: Study shows male fiddler crabs will protect female neighbors _ at a price

Study: Fiddler crabs exchange sex for survival

343 pounds of sea cucumbers, an Asian delicacy, seized in luggage at US-Mexico border

343 pounds of sea cucumbers seized at border

Congress funds government through Dec. 18, generously funds Interior, environmental programs

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Senate clears bill to avoid government shutdown, votes to fund government ops through Dec. 18

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Manatee rescued from chilly creek in New Jersey flies south for winter, relaxes in Miami pool

Snowbird manatee flies to balmy Miami for winter

Wayward manatee arrives at his new home in Florida after rescue from NJ oil refinery

Wayward NJ manatee arrives at new home in Fla.

House funds government through Dec. 18, generously funds Interior, environmental programs

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan
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Deadliest days for US troops in Afghanistan

Deadly days for US troops in Afghanistan

Some of the deadliest days for U.S. troops in Afghanistan:

From barren Central Asian steppes, a devastated sea is reborn _ and along with it hope

From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn

Hawaii regulators approve Honolulu company’s plan for first US open ocean tuna farm

HONOLULU — Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu startup company’s plan to build the nation’s first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island.

Fishing industry, environmentalists in battle over California marine reserve plans

LONG BEACH, Calif. — There’s nothing pacific about the ocean off Southern California these days.

Shell donates $450,000 to protect Louisiana’s marine life in coastal waters

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s efforts to protect marine life in coastal waters and the Gulf of Mexico have received a boost with a $450,000 donation from Shell.

Blue whale washes ashore in Northern California; scientists suspect it was hit by ship

SAN FRANCISCO — A 70-foot, female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship has washed ashore on the Northern California coast in what scientists are calling a rare occurrence.

Film about Japanese village that hunts dolphins gets mixed reactions at Tokyo film festival

TOKYO — Viewers expressed mixed reactions Wednesday to “The Cove,” a covertly filmed movie about a Japanese dolphin-hunting village that was shown to the Japanese public for the first time at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Group petitioning federal government to list 83 coral species as endangered

HONOLULU — Environmental activists are petitioning the federal government to put 83 coral species on the endangered species list.

Maine delegation asks for disaster declaration for shellfish industry

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s congressional delegation is asking that a fisheries disaster be declared for the state’s shellfish industry to help with losses from this summer’s clam flat closures due to red tide.

Minerals Management Service conditionally approves Shell exploratory drilling in Beaufort Sea

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal agency announced approval Monday of a plan by Shell Offshore, Inc.’s to drill exploratory wells next year on two leases in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska’s north coast — a decision that environmental groups contend ignores threats to the Arctic environment and its wildlife.

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