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OaRd OF dIRECTORSKeith Addis, Chair
r. Kristian Parker, Vice Chair
ames Sandler, Treasurer
imon Sidamon-Eristo, Secretary
erbert M. Bedole, III
ed Danson
sar Gaviria
Mara Eugenia Girn
tephen P. McAllister
Michael Northrop
r. Daniel Pauly
ally-Christine Rodgers
am Waterston
alarie Whiting
dITORIaL STaFF
enior Editoruzannah Evans
Online Editor
mily Fisher
Graphic Designndsay Orlowski
CEana
hie Executive Ofcer
Andrew Sharpless
xecutive Vice President
General Counsel
ames Simonenior Vice President,
orth American Oceans & Chie
cientist
Michael Hirsheld, Ph.D.
ice President, European Oceans
nd Seas
avier Pastor
ice President, South American
Oceans & Antarctica
Alex Muoz
ice President, Belize
Audrey Matura-Shepherd
ice President, Pacifc / Senior
Advisor
m Ayers
ice President, Strategic
Marketing & Communications
Matthew Lit tlejohn
ice President, Global Development
ettina Alonso
Director, Pacifc
usan Murray
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COVER PHOTO: Actress Kate Walsh views sea turtle hatch-lings on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Photo Tim Calver
Oceana played a key role in unveiling antibiotic abuse
in Chiles troubled salmon aquaculture industry, which
threatens to create a public health hazard in the larg-
est source or armed salmon sold in the U.S. Using
Chiles Act or Access to Public Inormation, Oceanacompelled the government to release previously unpub-
licized inormation about the level o antibiotic use at
salmon arms in July.
As a result, the world learned that Chile uses 600 times
the amount o antibiotics used by Norway, the only
country that produces more armed salmon. The antibi-
otics are intended to control diseases caused and eas-
ily spread by the crowded and unsanitary conditions in
Chilean salmon pens.
Oce ucovers tibiotic buse i Chile
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maKE WaVES:community.oceana.org/act
In July, the United States banned shing or kr ill in the
Pacic Ocean in an action that culminates years o ad-
vocacy by Oceana and others, including scientists, con-
servationists, shermen and local communities.
No krill shing currently takes place in the U.S. Paci-
ic, which extends rom three to 200 miles o the West
Coast. The new rule prevents krill shing rom occur-
ring in the uture. This preventative step is crucial to
maintaining the marine ecosystem, which counts on
krill as a bedrock species.
Tiny translucent creatures ound in all the worlds
oceans, krill orm the oundation o the marine ecosys-tem by providing critical nutrition or salmon, whales,
seabirds and many other animals. These shrimp-like
Krill shi be i U.S. Pcic
crustaceans are heavily pursued by commercial
vessels in the Southern Ocean, with more than 10
metric tons o krill caught every year primarily to
armed and aquarium sh. As krill are shed out
the Southern Ocean, the industry will be orced to
into previously untouched waters. Thanks to the
measures, krill in the U.S. Pacic will not be subje
overshing.
The proactive ban on krill shing in the U.S. P
mirrors other Oceana initiatives to protect ecosys
beore the introduction o industrialized shing. I
ruary, Oceana accomplished its goal o closing 15
square miles o the U.S. Arctic Ocean to industriaing beore large boats ollow melting sea ice into n
opened Arctic waters.
In a move critical to saving threatened loggerhead sea
turtles, the Gul o Mexico Fishery Management Council
approved new restrictions on bottom longline shing
o the west coast o Florida that will save hundreds o
sea turtles each year.
The measures, i adopted by Nat ional Marine Fisheries
Service, would reduce the number o vessels eligible to
sh with bottom longline gear by 80 percent and ban
bottom longline shing rom June to August in waters
up to about 210 eet deep. In addition, the council also
established a per-vessel limit o 1,000 hooks on board
and 750 hooks set up to sh during any shing trip. The
bottom longlines are used to catch ree sh like grouper,
but also catch nearly 400 sea turtles every year on aver-
age. This is approximately ten times the number o sea
turtles that the shery is currently authorized to take
under the Endangered Species Act. The vast majority
o the sea turtles caught by the bottom longlines o the
shery are loggerheads, a species listed as threat
by extinction under the Endangered Species Act
western Florida shel where the bottom longline
catching loggerheads is an important loggerhea
turtle eeding area.
Sea turtle nesting in Florida has been on a s
downward trajectory since 1998, and this year has
one o the worst sea turtle nesting years on record
loggerhead population has dropped by over 40 pe
in the last decade.
The National Marine Fisheries Service will now
sider the new longline regulations to determine
new restrictions are sucient to prevent the bo
longline shery rom jeopardizing the uture o
threatened population o loggerhead sea turtles
ederal agency can also supplement the plan wit
ditional turtle protections.
CEan COUnCILusan Cohn Rockeeller, Chair
ea Haratani, Vice Chair
Anne Alexander Rowley
r. Andrew Bevacqua
ierce Brosnan
eborah Buck
an and Beth Cort
Andrew and Sydney Davis
Kelsey Grammer
ardy Jones
Stephen and Angela Kilcullenarry Kopald
arolyn Marks Blackwood
icole Polizois
Mark E. Ryavec
ictoria Stack
eter Stranger
Annett Wol
icole Woody
According to the government data, Chile used 71
pounds o antibiotics in 2008, down rom 848,397 po
in 2007. Approximately a third o the antibiotics
quinolones, which are not permitted or use in live
in some countries that import Chilean salmon, ining the United States. The World Health Organiz
recommends that quinolones be reserved or hu
use to preserve their ecacy.
Earlier this year, Chile adopted a plan or the rat
use and management o antibiotics in salmon ar
which included several Oceana recommendations
cept or a total ban on quinolone use. Oceana cont
to campaign or a quinolone ban.
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n August, Oceanas Rangerset sail or its 2009 mission
o the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. This years
xpedition is supported by the Biodiversity Foundation.
or two months, Oceanas Ranger and its crew o re-earchers and campaigners will document the seabed
nd seamounts surrounding the islands. Proessional
ivers will photograph and lm the area up to 40 meters
epth; beyond that, the Rangersremote-operated vehi-
le will explore down to 500 meters. Lit tle is known about
he ocean foor surrounding the islands.
ince 2005, the Rangerhas explored marine habitats in
he Caribbean, Mediterranean and the Atlantic, docu-
menting previously unseen species as well as illegal
shing. In 2007, the catamaran was attacked by French
oats using illegal dritnets. The ensuing attention
elped Oceana draw attention to the illegal nets and
ive the nal push or vigorous enorcement o the bann this wasteul shing gear.
he U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity requires
hat 10 percent o the global marine environment be pro-
ected by 2012. Less than 3 percent o European waters
s currently protected.
o read updates rom the crew members, visit
ommunity.oceana.org.
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Se turtles sw with the iosurs.now theyre thretee with extictio.
know Kate rom her perormance on
Private Practice and Greys Anatomy
but I hope youll now recognize her as
the ace o Oceanas Save Sea Turtles
campaign. In addition, an 11-year-old g
named Casey with a remarkable dedic
to turtles has joined us. In the ollowin
pages, youll learn more details in a sp
sea turtles edition o the magazine.
For decades, sea turtle conservation h
ocused on promoting gear modicatio
in key sheries and protecting sea turt
nesting habitats. These eorts have
met with success, and some sea turtle
populations appear to be in the beginn
stages o recovery. For other turtles ar
the world, however, more aggressive
protections are urgently needed. Our
scientists, celebrities and grassroots
supporters are on the case.
For the Oceans,
Andrew Sharpless
CEO, Oceana
threatened under the Endangered Species
act. This means that they may go extinct in
the oreseeable uture.
Witnessing a mother sea turtle lumbering
onto a beach to lay a clutch o dozens
o eggs is one o natures most easily
accessed spectacles. It takes place on
beaches around the world. As youll read
later in these pages, local conservation
groups work hard to ensure that as many
hatchlings as possible survive the journey
rom the nest to the ocean. Scientists
estimate that as ew as one in a thousand
sea turtle hatchlings may survive to
maturity.
Once those hatchlings complete the
journey to the ocean, more challenges
ace them in the water. Even with the
protections aorded turtles by the
Endangered Species Act, shing gear like
longlines, trawls, gill nets and dredges
kills thousands o turtles and injures even
more every year. In addition, pollution,
coastal development, poaching, vessel
strikes and ingestion o plastics and other
debris threaten to push sea turtles closer
to extinction.
Oceana is working on numerous ronts to
ensure a sae ocean or turtles. First, we
are pushing hard or the U.S. to pass its
rst comprehensive sea turtle legislation.
The legislation will protect sea turtle
populations, reduce sea turtle bycatch and
set aside protected areas or the turtles.
Were also gathering celebrity support.
Ater the success o our Scared or
Sharks campaign eaturing Mad Men
actress January Jones, Im pleased to
announce that actress Kate Walsh has
joined our sea turtle campaign. You may
CEOS nOTE
Loggerhead sea turtles regularly cross
oceans, but nine in ten emales lay their
eggs in just two places: the beaches o
Florida and the Middle Eastern country
o Oman. We know very little about the
Oman population, but in the United
States, loggerheads are in a well-studied
decline. In the last decade, loggerhead
nesting numbers have allen by more
than 40 percent.
All species o sea turtles around theworld ace a slew o challenges that
have caused a global decline. Every year,
hundreds o thousands o sea turtles are
caught in shing gear. Nesting beaches
are under constant pressure rom coastal
development and rising waters due to
climate change.
The six sea turtle species ound in U.S.
waters loggerhead, leatherback, Kemps
ridley, olive ridley, green and hawksbill
are listed as either endangered or
Oceana is grateul or the grants,
contributions, and other support it ha
received rom dozens o oundations a
companies and thousands o individua
Oceana wishes to thank its ounding
unders as well as oundations that in
awarded Oceana grants o $1 million
more: Arcadia Fund, Oak Foundation,
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Pew Charitable Trusts, Rockeelle
Brothers Fund and Sandler Foundatio
For more inormation, please see Oce
annual reports at www.oceana.org.
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Her eorts have culminated in the
creation o Love A Sea Turtle (Help
Them L.A.S.T.), Caseys ocial project
to raise money or the hospital, with
an accompanying website,
www.loveaseaturtle.com.
Casey was a nalist or OceanasOcean Heroes Award in 2009, and in
2008 she was a distinguished nalist
or the Gloria Barron Award, which
honors outstanding young leaders
who have made a signicant positive
dierence to the world.
And most recently, she became the
spokesperson or Oceanas 2009 holi-
day Adopt-a-Creature program. In her
honor, Oceana has developed a spe-
cial Casey adoption package thateatures a 22-inch plush turtle, along
with a sea turtle cookie cutter, adop-
tion certicate, inormation about sea
turtles, sugar
cookie recipe
and Caseys
story.
Helping sea
turtles is not
just a passing
ad or Casey,
who plans on
becoming a
marine biolo-
gist, working
with all kinds o marine animals with a
ocus on sea turtles. My avorite kind
o sea turtle is the Kemps ridley, she
said. I think they are so cute.
n some ways Casey Sokolovic is an aver-
ge American pre-teen. In her ree time
he runs cross country, plays volleyball,
asketball and soccer, and is a certied
cuba diver. But she just happens to havegured out her lies passion at 12 years
ld and shes already making serious
waves.
Caseys passion or sea turtles began on a
hird grade eld trip to the Karen Beasley
ea Turtle Hospital in Topsail Island, North
Carolina. The non-prot hospital admits
ea turtles, mostly loggerheads, that have
een ound injured. The most common
njuries are rom boat strikes and shing
ear, such as gillnets.
Seeing all the hurt sea turtles just struck
passion or me, she said. Her amily has
een regularly making the two-hour drive
o volunteer with the hospital ever since.
But even with its dedicated sta o volun-
eers like Casey, the hospital is in need o
unding or a new, much bigger acility
that is already in the works.
Through her creative undraising eorts,
she has raised more than $3000 orthe hospital. With some help rom her
parents, Casey bakes sea-turtle shaped
sugar cookies and sells them at school
and local events
such as armers
markets to benet
the hospital.
In addition to her
baking eorts, she
has collaborated
with North Carolina
coee brewery Joe
Van Gogh to create
an organic sea
turtle blend. Her
coee is now carried in Whole Foods
stores throughout the Carolinas, with 10
percent o the proceeds going to the sea
turtle hospital.
ntroducing CaseyBy Emily Fisher
hotos Heather Garland
FOR mORE InFO On CaSEYS WORK:www.loveaseaturtle.com
Casey anmother
cookies inNorth Car
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nESTIng nIgHTS
2008 was a record-setting year on the
island, with more than 100 sea turtle
nests, well above the average 60 to 70
nests. But by the time Kerri Lynn and I
arrived, turtles had laid just 12 nests and
the sta at the Bald Head Island Conser-vancy (BHIC), our liaison on the island,
had seen 13 alse crawls. A alse crawl,
which is common among loggerheads, is
when a emale comes ashore but returns
to the water without laying her eggs
because shes spooked by any number o
actors, including predators, white lights,
or beach chairs.
Loggerheads nest every two or three
years, so there is variation in nesting
numbers rom year to year, but human
By Eily FisherPhotos: Je Jowski
rst night passed without any sea turtle si
ings, and the second night went by uneve
ully, too. We were on call: I the BHIC inte
ound a turtle, they would call my cell pho
immediately, no matter what time o night
On the third night around 11 p.m. we saw ared headlamp fickering 100 yards or so do
the beach. As the light got closer, we hear
intern shout, Turtle! and we dashed dow
the beach.
We slowed when we spotted a dark oval o
side o the dune. Incredibly, this emale se
turtle was climbing a steep dune in her se
or suitably dry nesting sand the ideal sp
or a nest is fat and smooth. I could see th
she was dexterously moving sand aside w
her back fippers.
Shes digging her egg chamber, said BH
sea turtle biologist Brett DeGregorio. We
watched, stunned, as this massive reptile
ully attempted to dig a hole or her eggs o
the steep incline.
intervention is also at play this year. As
the channel near the island is widened
by dredging, nesting beaches have
rapidly eroded, alarming sea turtle
conservationists.
While loggerheads have been pro-
tected as a threatened species or
decades, their numbers continue to
decline, in large part due to shing
gear that kills turtles incidentally as
bycatch. In August the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a new
status review showing that loggerhead
sea turtles o the U.S. Atlantic coast
are currently at risk o extinction.
We were wired to see a nesting, but the
Lst Septeber, I ws lucky eouh to witess loerhe seturtles htch o Bl He Isl, nC. This yer, Oce riescietist Kerri Ly miller joie e uri se turtle estiseso i i-Jue. We were eterie to see oe o the ostspellbii rituls i the turl worl.
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Within minutes, she gave up. When she
ook o toward the water, the interns
arely had enough time to scan her or ID,
Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT)
ag beore she was back in the ocean.
he BHIC is one o a handul o programs
n the Southeast United States that holds
ll-night beach patrols rom mid-May to
mid-August, and has collected sea turtle
ata since 1980. As one o the arthest
orth nesting beaches, Bald Head Island islso critical in supplying male loggerheads
o the population. Sea turtle gender is de-
ermined by the temperature at which the
ggs incubate: cooler sand means more
males, warmer means more emales. As a
esult, Florida tends to have more emale
atchlings while North Carolina has more
males.
When my phone buzzed at 2 a.m. the
ast night, we dashed, bleary-eyed, to the
each. This was our nal chance to see a
ea turtle nesting.
When we arrived, the turtle was at work
igging her egg chamber, so we stayed at
distance. As soon as she started drop-
ing eggs into the chamber, we moved
We wtche, stue, s thisssive reptile ttepte to i
hole o the steep ue.
closer. She was in the trance that emale
sea turtles enter during the egg laying
process, allowing the interns to measure
her shell and check her or tag IDs.
As soon as she was back in the water, two
interns got to work uncovering the eggs
to relocate them away rom the high tide
line. They were meticulous, and it was
clear they were trying their hardest to
give these eggs a chance or survival. The
odds o a sea turtle hatchling making it tomaturity are less than one in 1000 by some
estimates.
Watching the dedicated BHIC interns,
it occurred to me that sea turtles need
advocates in and out o the water. While
the Conservancy works tirelessly to pro-
tect hatchlings and nesting mothers, they
cant do much about the risk o getting
caught in shing gear such as trawls and
longlines, which is where Oceanas cam-
paign to protect sea turtles comes in.
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Sttes rst coprehesive se turtl
leisltio. The leisltio is to:
Recover and protect sea turtle
popultios.
Reduce sea turtle bycatch.
Designate protected sea turtle hab
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reuce se turtle byctch i proble
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Species act.
For ore o the cpi, visitOce.or/se-turtles.
We woul like to thk The mx Victodreyus Foutio The StreisFoutio or their support o Oceseorts to protect se turtles.
Oces Se Turtle Cp
Emily Fisher is the online editor at Oceana.
For more on her sea turtle expedition,
including photos, check out her six-part
series athttp://community.oceana.org/nesting-nights-blog-series .
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Actress Kate Walsh is an established television star, best known
as the driven neo-natal surgeon Dr. Addison Montgomery on the hit
shows Greys Anatomy and Private Practice. But when the actress
wanted to lend her ame to the greater good, she came to Oceana. Itwas a perect ft: Kate, a native Caliornian, has a natural afnity or sea
turtles. And the character that made her amous, Dr. Montgomery, could
perhaps relate to the staggering odds that ace just-hatched
sea turtles as they struggle toward the sea.
By Suzannah Evans
Photos Tim Calver and Joe Walsh
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As the fAce of Oceanas Save Sea Turtles
campaign, Kate stars in a print, online and tele-
vision campaign. She traveled with Oceanas
experts to the Virgin Islands this summer to
witness sea turtles both laying eggs and hatch-
ing. While in St. Croix, she spoke with Oceana
marine biologist Kerri Lynn Miller.
To learn more about Kates trip to the Virgin
Islands and to see exclusive photos and videos,
visit www.ana.rg/urlk.
Krri Lynn Millr What makes you inter-
ested in sea turtles?
Ka Wal As a kid, you love turtles. When
I started diving and snorkeling and swimming
with them, I ound them to be totally majestic,incredible creatures. You know, theyve been
around since prehistoric times; its incredible
to see them. Theyre so graceul in the water.
KLM What do you think your involvement can
do to help sea turtles?
KW Im hoping to raise awareness because
I think that most people dont know that they
are an endangered species. I want them to be
around or many generations to come. And I
think that i more people know whats speci-cally happening that shing gear is catching
and killing sea turtles, they can take action to
prevent it.
KLM Why did you decide to partner with
Oceana?
KW Oceana is one o the biggest and most
comprehensive ocean conservation groups
in the world. For me, it was always a natural
t. I grew up in northern Caliornia and I was
always at the beach as a kid, so the ocean isa huge part o my lie. I love the ocean. When
I was a kid, or a while I thought I wanted to
be a marine biologist. So its a natural t to be
involved with ocean conservation.
KLM What was your rst impression when
you saw sea turtles in the wild?
KW The rst ones I saw were the baby
leatherbacks. Theyre so tiny, and they work
so hard to be born and there are so many
natural, environmental things working against
them when they do nally hatch out o the
eggs and they do this long walk to the ocean,
its just incredible. And then to think there is
so much against them, its such an arduous
journey, their whole lie, so you think whatever
we can do to make that easier and not scoop
them up in a big shing net, thatd be great.
It was amazing to be able to swimwith the sea turtles and experiencethem hatching. They struggle.
Joe Walsh
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KLM So what do you think your take away mes-sage will be rom this trip with Oceana?
KW It was amazing to be able to swim with
the sea turtles and experience them hatching.
They struggle. I think one o the most proound
things is seeing the leatherback babies, they
struggle so much just to be born and to make
it to the sea, so Im hoping that we can at least
do our part and ensure that they have a ghting
chance once they get in there.
I want to get the word out and make people
aware about the challenges acing sea turtles.
I also want to help get legislation enacted to
keep harmul shing techniques to a minimum
and help protect the sea turtles.
I want to get the word out andmake people aware about thechallenges acing sea turtles.
PREVIOUS PAGE: Kateswims with a green sea
turtle near Buck Island in
the U.S. Virgin Islands.
LEFT: Kate lmed a video
or Oceana at Coral World
on St. Thomas. MIDDLE:
Kate views hatchlings with
a park ranger at the Sandy
Point National Wildlie
Reuge on St. Croix. RIGHT:
One in 1,000 leatherback
sea turtle hatchlings will
survive to maturity.
Joe Walsh
FOR mORE InFO On OCEanaS SEa TURTLE CamPaIgn: oceana.org/seaturtles
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SeaChange Summer PartyOn August 22, 400 people came out to Villa di Sogni in Laguna Beach, Caliornia or
the second annual SeaChange Summer Party, which honored actress Glenn Close
and Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman. The event raised nearly $900,000 orocean conservation through ticket sales and auction items, with Oceana as the
main beneciary o the event. A portion o the proceeds will be donated to the SIMA
Environmental Fund or distribution to local ocean conservation organizations.
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A Sea Change Screening
On Sunday, September 13, the American Museum o Natural
History, Oceana and Niijii Films hosted the New York City pre-
miere o the lm A Sea Change: Imagine a World Without Fish.
The event was also hosted by Sue and David Rockeeller and
Oceana board member Sam Waterston and included special
guest Sir Thomas Moore. Over 400 guests attended the screening
at the American Museum o Natural History, which was ollowed
by a private reception in the museums Hall o Ocean Lie.
Please consider supporting Oceana w
a generous bequest in your will or tru
Your git will support Oceanas resea
and science-based conservation
and advocacy eorts to protect and
preserve the worlds oceans or utur
generations.
To learn more, contact Kelley Cunningham
at 212-371-5017.
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Oceana is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizatio
www.oceana.org/plannedgiv
PACT supports Oceanas eorts to protect and preserve the worlds
oceans. PACT is an online apparel company launched by Jason Kibbey
and Je Denby oering design-driven, sustainably manuactured,
premium apparel connected to powerul social and environmental
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OCEan adVOCaTE
Haratani was recently awarded the 20
Golden Whale award by the Commun
Action Board or exceptional commu
work in Santa Cruz County.
And shes an active ocean conservati
even on vacation. Haratani spends he
summers on the Elizabeth Islands nea
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where she
her son Holden participate in eorts
monitor and protect the health o Buz
Bay and Hadley Harbor.
My children became ocean activists
their own accord, she said. We have
started a real movement. I am conde
that we will nd solutions to these da
challenges.
Haratani believes that the current sta
o the oceans is the most signicant
ecological challenge that we have eve
aced. O all the threats acing the se
she is most passionate about climate
change and acid seas.
Oceanas campaign to protect bluen
tuna also resonates with her. Despite
her Japanese heritage, Haratani is no
zealous sashimi eater. In act, she doeoutreach and education targeting As
about the endangered bluen.
Given her history, its no surprise that
Haratani got involved with Oceana.
Oceana is comprised o the most
sincerely committed people I know in
environmental movement, she said.
ortunate to be a part o this amily.
Lea Haratani has never strayed ar rom
the sea.
My earliest memory o the ocean was when
I was three, she said. I remember standing
on the beach, hearing the sound o waves,
observing the vast expanse o water, and
eeling overwhelmed by its beauty and
power.
Haratani, the new Vice Chair o Oceanas
Ocean Council, has been personally and
proessionally connected to the oceans ever
since.
With a degree in Natural Resources
Conservation Studies rom the University
o Caliornia, Berkeley, Haratani rst ell
in love with the oceans during her time
working as a biologist or Hawaii Volcanoes
National Park. While living in Hawaii she
oten went scuba diving and witnessed
Kilauea Volcano erupt into the sea, creating
new land.
Later, during a decade o work at
Pacic Gas and Electric, she created
an environmental education and
compliance program that ocused on
hydroelectric power plants. She taught 350powerhouse oremen and their crews about
environmental regulatory compliance.
Now she works or the Resource
Conservation District o Santa Cruz County,
a non-prot organization that protects,
conserves and restores local natural
resources. Among other things, she does
grant writing, project management and
environmental education about the impacts
o human activities on the Monterey Bay
National Marine Sanctuary.
Oce welcoes Le Hrti s the vice chir o its Oce Coucil, roupo iverse leers who represet Oce o the lobl ste. With her lielolitio with the oces, Le Hrti bris sciece srts to the tble.
Le Hrti.
Oceana will hold its 2009 annual membershipeleconerence on:
Nvmbr 19, 2009:30 pm est
oin our pollution campaign director Jackie Savitz andOcean Council Chairwoman Susan Cohn Rockeellero hear about our newest campaign to stop global
limate change and protect the worlds oceans romcidication.
ou can join the call by dialing: 1.866.462.0164 (in theUnited States) 1.205.354.0249 (or international calls)
hen enter the meeting number: *4457406*
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more than a philosophy, sustainability is
a matter o common sense. We should be
respecting the seasons, not just in the case
o sh, but or all products. It doesnt make
any sense to have llet steak all year round,
and we shouldnt be able to eat red bream
or hake whenever we eel like it, he said.
I dont use the same types o tomato or
lettuce all the t ime either.
CHEFS CORnE
ngredients or 4 servings
5 very resh sardine flets
For the lli ounces o herring roe
tsp carrot, julienned
tsp leek, julienned
tsp garlic shallot, minced
tsp celery, julienned
tsp fnely chopped scallions
For the toto breloa o rozen bread
ripe tomatoes
ea salt
live oil
For the rieliters o water
ea salt
white wine vinegar
Preparing the dish
he day beore preparing the dish, let the
ardines with a very sharp knie to avoid
isturbing the fesh o the sh. Extremely
elicately, using small tweezers, remove
he spines.
LEaRn mORE:visit sergiarola.es.
Sergi Arola knows that customers arent
oming to his restaurant to get a lecture
n responsible shing. And so the Spanish
he, known or his modern, urban cuisine,
akes steps behind the scenes to ensure
hat only sustainable seaood reaches
iners plates at Sergi Arola Gastro in the
enter o Madrid.
What I can do is make sure I use the right
Che Seri arol
Spish che Seri arol eostrtes his fir or oer cuisie with philosophy o usi sustible, sesol ireiets.
products in the kitchen throughout the
production chain ones that are not out o
season, that dont come rom destructive
shing practices, or that have not been
caught in a protected zone or nature
reserve, Arola said.
An avid scuba diver, Arola respects the
cycle o natural availability or the oods
that end up in his kitchen. I think that
Add sea salt to the water until it tastes like
sea water. Then add a trickle o vinegar (it
shouldnt taste like vinaigrette, so just a
touch is needed).
Add the sardines to the marinade until
the bloody part, where the backbone was,
turns white. Then remove the sardines rom
the salt water and vinegar and dry with a
paper towel. Cover the sardines in olive oil
and stick them in the ridge, well covered.
Make the lling by mixing together the
above chopped ingredients.
The fnish and presentation
Grate the ripe tomato using a medium
grater and drain the pulp with a
colander. Add salt, pepper and oil.
Using a knie, slicer or mandoline, make
very thin slices o the rozen bread and
toast them in a medium oven.
Finish the plate with several cylinders
o sardine lets in a soup dish. Fill the
cylinders with the herring roe, and over
the roe put a bit o tomato and cover with
the bread roonish by adding a good
deal o olive oil.
mrite Sries with Herri Roe, Veetbles Toto Bre
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