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Wave of Marine Species Extinctions Feared

Date: August 24, 2005

Author: Juliet Eilperin

QUOTE: Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist at the advocacy group Oceana, said he has repeatedly seen government officials provide shifting estimates of how many threatened or endangered sea turtles can acceptably die each year in eastern scallop fisheries.

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Key People:

• Dr. Samuel Harvey Gruber
• Dr. William "Bill" T. Hogarth
• Michael Hirshfield
• Dr. Elliott A. Norse

Key Organizations:

• Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Oceana
• Pew Institute for Ocean Science
• Washington Post Newspaper
• World Conservation Union (IUCN)

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  • Environmental Science: General
    • Ecosystems/Biodiversity
    • Water Issues

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Economics: General
    • World Trade
      • Third World Development

• Oceania / AustralAsia
• Worldwide

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