Shrimp farms threaten Mexico’s mangroves and the jaguars that inhabit them – Mongabay
![Rows and rows of artificial shrimp ponds make up one of many large aquaculture farms in Mexico along the Gulf of California’s Sonoran coastline, June 2016 (by Planet Labs, inc CC BY-SA 4.0 via wikimedia).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1024px-Shrimp_Ponds_Mexico_by_Planet_Labs-798x599.jpg)
Western Mexico’s rapidly expanding shrimp farms, many of which are illegal, are contributing to the deforestation of the Pacific coast’s mangroves, an important habitat for jaguars…
Using Trash to Track Other Trash – Hakai Magazine
![Scuba divers removing derelict net from reef. The depth here was 30 feet. This debris pile was an agglomeration of a number of nets that had probably been swept together in the North Pacific Gyre (by Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/5103120876_3a15a1822e_k-798x599.jpg)
An Australian organization is taking “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” to heart with its ghost net clean-up program….
How to create a ‘world without waste’? Here are the plastic industry’s ideas – Grist Magazine
![Pre-production plastic pellets are melted down and used in the manufacturing of the plastic products that we use everyday. These pellets enter the environment and are frequently found in areas of marine debris concentration (Courtesy of NOAA Marine Debris Program CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/7656726070_6637a42f0a_k-798x599.jpg)
A deep dive into the petrochemical industry’s proposals for the global plastics treaty….
Sand trafficking: a scourge that is worsening in Latin America – El Nuevo Siglo | Insight Crime
![Mining is removing sand from coastal sites, such as this one in Colombia, faster than natural processes can replenish it (photo © Nelson Rangel-Buitrago)](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/science.adj9593-f1-798x807.jpg)
Low risk, difficult to detect and with huge profits, this crime affects most countries in the region. There are several ‘cartels’ in this black market…..
Tromelin Island’s Impressive Comeback – Hakai Magazine
![Masked boobies (Courtesy of US Fish and Wildlife Service CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/5123996838_1c53839609_k-798x599.jpg)
One small island in the Indian Ocean shows how quickly seabird populations can recover after people eradicate invasive predators…
When dams come down, what happens to the ocean? – High Country News | Hakai Magazine
![Glines Canyon Dam Remains: the Elwha River freely flows to sea again after dam is broken up in around 2013.(by Alan Sandercock CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/36656278435_7f8ec6917f_k-798x532.jpg)
A long-term study of the Elwha River Delta reveals lasting change — and a healthier ecosystem.
How Florida is Getting Back Its Pink | Interactive – the Washington Post
![Flamingo in waters at the Monroe coast of Florida (by cuatrok77 CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/7218823170_afc822f862_k-1-798x515.jpg)
When Keith Ramos heard a small flock of American flamingos had landed last fall at the nature preserve he oversees off Florida’s Atlantic coast, he rushed to get a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse of the gangly pink birds in the wild…
Beach Nourishment: A Critical Look – Gary Griggs | Journal of Coastal Research
![An aerial view of the Virginia Beach Hurricane Protection and Renourishment project. which replenished 1.25 million cubic yards of sand, increasing the beach from 150 and 280 feet wide to as much as 300 feet (Courtesy of the Norfolk District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/9022723593_f0ad24ace6_k-798x532.jpg)
More than $15 billion, mostly federal dollars, have been spent moving sand to the shoreline for both recreational and shoreline protection benefits. Still, whether in New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Florida, or California, the life span of the sand added artificially to these beaches in many cases has been relatively short and in some instances has been less than a year…
Sand Dollars – CBS News Investigations
![A 2015 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project on Long Beach Island, NJ pumped more than 8 million cubic yards of offshore sand onto the beach to create a dune and berm system designed to reduce storm damages (Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain, via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/25021680342_d0ed70f100_k-798x532.jpg)
Federal agencies spend millions every year replacing sand on beaches. Some experts say it’s a waste of tax money….