Fishing for a Moratorium, Ottawa, Canada

I spent the past day in Ottawa with Sylvia Earle and our Canadian partners, the Living Oceans Society and Ecology Action Centre. We met with Loyala Hearn, the new Minister for Fisheries and Oceans, to discuss the potential for a UN General Assembly moratorium on high seas bottom trawling. The Minister was very sympathetic of Sylvia's views, but no decisions were made. We also met with several Members of Parliament and numerous journalists. Great day altogether..

New Walden Longboard

My computer crashed and I have been unable to raise it from the dead. As a stress reliever, Rob and I went to Surf Central in Jupiter today - where I bought a new Walden 9'0" epoxy longboard. She is beautiful.

Clear Seas and Nurse Sharks

Trevon, Aaron, Brandy and Arlo took the Aloha out to Coral Cove today. We encountered two nurse sharks while snorkeling among the worm rock.