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ERMD NEWS 

Newsletter of the Environment and Resource Management Division, Special Libraries Association 

Volume 13 Number 3 Winter 2007 www.sla.org/division/derm/ 

CONTENTS 

Message from the Chair. . . . . . . . . 1 

Editor’s Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

Reorganization of Forestry 

Service Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

The Hook of IFQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Shark Released in California. . . . . . . 5 

Ocean Conservation Web Sites . . . . 6 

More Agency Updates . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

--Notice Regarding Listing 

of Polar Bears as Threatened 

--CRS Report on EPA Library 

Restructuring 

Book Review: The Empty Ocean, 

by Richard Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 

Film Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

La Jolla Harbor Seal Colony . . . . . .11 

NMFS Incidental Taking Notices 

under the MMPA . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 

Library Profile: NOAA Central 

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 

NOAA-Louisiana Publication Available 

Regarding Oil Spill Protection. . . . 15 

2006-2007 Officers . . . . . . . . . . . .16 

Photographer: A. Hubert, from NOAA Photo Library 

at www.photolib.noaa.gov/nurp/nur00011.htm 

. See story on page 13 about other resources 

available from the NOAA Central Library. 

Message from the Chair 

by Barbara Holder 

Thank you for the opportunity 

to serve as Division Chair for 

2007. I will try my best to make 

a difference around here! I am 

proud to lead one of SLA’s most 

topical and welcoming Divisions. 

My journey began when I 

joined Forintek Canada and was 

cajoled by my (then) boss and 

(subsequent) mentor to join her 

assiduous networking activities. 

Knowing the right people was key she told me. I began 

to attend local SLA meetings, expanded my network and 

gained many useful skills and contacts working on different 

projects over the years. 

In 1990 the boss retired and I was able to attend my 

first annual conference. I naturally gravitated to our 

division, home to forestry types, amongst others. My first 

experience at public speaking came via an invitation to 

speak at the Forestry Roundtable of ERMD. I had to take a 

public speaking course to be able to face the challenge. (It 

has since become easier!) 

My stint as chair of the SLA Western Canada Chapter 

taught me the value of TEAM work (Together Everyone 

Achieves More). With that in mind, I would like to thank 

the retiring and continuing Board members for their 

sterling work, and welcome the new Board members, 

acclaimed in the Division’s first electronic election held in 

December. The new Board members are: 

Cynthia Bennington - Chair-Elect 

Continued on page 3

Editor’s Note 

Contributors to this 

issue: 

Cynthia Bennington 

Julie Blankenburg 

Stanley Elswick 

Barb Holder 

Frederic Murray 

Bobbi Weaver 

ERMD News ~ Winter 2007 

by Bobbi Weaver 

With much trepidation, I’ve attempted to figure out the 

newsletter software. The learning process is ongoing, so 

please be patient with me. I enrolled in a community 

college course on the software package, but I have to share 

the instructor’s time with about 80 other students. 

This issue focuses on ocean conservation. Being a resident 

of a coastal community, San Diego, this issue is near and 

dear to me. I’m especially interested in the preservation of 

marine wildlife habitats, and I have been active in an effort 

to preserve a harbor seal colony in the San Diego area. I’ve 

included a brief article about the research used to support 

this effort in this issue. 

The featured library is the NOAA Central Library in Silver 

Spring, MD. The article highlights the library’s role in ocean 

conservation. There is also an excellent article on individual 

fishing quotas (IFQs) by Frederic Murray of Southwestern 

Oklahoma State University. 

I hope you find this issue informative. I’d like to give special 

thanks to those members who helped with this issue. 

Next Issue’s Theme: Forestry Conservation 

and Resources 

Copy Deadline: April 1, 2007 


the Quarterly Newsletter of the 

Environment and Resource Management 

Division of the Special Libraries Association 

Editor 

Bobbi Weaver, M.L.I.S. 

Tel 619-525-1497 

baw@cwsl.edu 


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Message from the Chair, cont. 

Shelley Arvin - Secretary (2007-2008) 

Jan Hutchins – Director (2007-2008) 

The new year also brings a rotation in the Division Advisory Chairs. We have several vacancies. 

If any of these opportunities appeal to you personally or would suit someone in your circle of 

influence, let me know. The retiring chairs will act as a resource for the incoming chairs. The 

currently open positions are: 

Archivist 

Discussion list – SLA members only 

Membership Committee 

Nominating Committee 

Toxicology Roundtable 

Web Committee. 

The program for Denver is set with interesting and relevant topics – we are still gathering 

sponsorships. Cynthia and I will be attending the Leadership Summit in Reno in January to start 

the planning process for Seattle 2008. We hope to see you all there! 

Agency Update 

REORGANIZATION OF THE U.S. FORESTRY SERVICES LIBRARIES 

By Julie Blankenburg 

The U.S. Forest Service reorganized its’ library services as of Oct. 1, 2006. Five regional libraries merged 

administratively to become the National Forest Service Library. 

The service area for library services changed from a regional/local focus to a national focus. This resulted in an 

approximately 40% increase in the customer base for library services. 

Library services are being brought online nationally throughout the coming year. Our current awareness service is 

up and running and a table-of-contents service will be next. We are very excited about the current changes and 

improved service levels we will be able to provide to our agency. 

For more information please contact Carol Ayer (cayer@fs.fed.us) or Julie Blankenburg (jblankenburg@fs.fed.us) 


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The Hook of IFQs: Fisheries Management One Share at a Time 

By Frederic Murray 

According to Mark Kurlansky, best-selling author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the 

World, at one point in the Middle Ages diminishing herring stocks were blamed on the adulterous ways 

of fishing villages. If there were less sin, there would be more fish. Fortunately, rather than examining the 

sexual mores of today’s modern fishing fleets, a group of ecologists led by Dr. Boris Worm of Dalhousie 

University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, has focused on questions of oceanic biodiversity and the impact of 

human-dominated marine ecosystems. These ecologists are reporting that loss of biodiversity in the ocean 

populations is directly related to the diminishing catches of wild fish. So dire is their report, Impacts 

of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services (SCIENCE VOL 314 3Nov2006) that they have 

projected a collapse of all commercial fish and seafood species by 2048. 

The need for sustainable management of fishing has never been greater. Poor resource management, 

combined with an unfettered belief in the “freedom of the seas”, has led to the near collapse of commercial 

fisheries on a global scale. It has been noted by Garrett Harden that the metaphor of the Tragedy of the 

Commons has found expression in the collapse of fisheries because people have interpreted the “freedom 

of the seas” to include an unlimited right to fish them. The fish are, in effect, a commons and traditional 

methods of management, including, but not limited to nations exerting and extending sovereignty from 

three miles off-shore to two hundred miles has done nothing to eliminate the problem of the commons: If 

all have access to a common resource, none have long term interest in sustaining it. Or as Kurt Vonnegut 

wrote in his novel Hocus Pocus: “(a major) flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build 

and nobody wants to do maintenance.” 

Today’s management plans for ocean fisheries seem part and parcel of extraction economies that have 

no place in our growing understanding of the complexity of living ecosystems. Mined out and played out 

should no longer be acceptable phrases in the management of any natural resource, be it coal, timber 

or fish. The common method of fisheries management has been to estimate the maximum “sustainable” 

yield and then fix fishing to either a certain number of days or some kind of aggregate catch. What this 

has lead to are Derby Days of frenzied competition with an overinvestment in material, and levels of 

bycatch (species other than those targeted) reaching unacceptable numbers. The results: waste, loss and, 

according to Dr. Worm, a measurable impact on oceanic biodiversity. 

A share-based management system called Individual Fishing Quotas (IFQs) has been gaining ground 

in the attempts to reform the practice of fisheries management. IFQ programs are a type of access 

program which provide fisherman or corporations exclusive rights to harvest a fixed percentage of the 

total allowable catch of a fishery through the allocation or purchase of shares. The program grants the 

fisherman greater flexibility in their fishing activities (no longer limiting them to certain days, which given 

the caprice of ocean storms is no small matter) as well as the right to sell their fishing shares in the 

marketplace. EBay on the High Seas. IFQs are seen as a way of reducing bycatch, because IFQ holders are 

not racing against the clock and therefore can be more selective in their methods of targeting fish. Under 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (1996) there were three IFQ systems in 

the United States: the North Pacific halibut; the South Atlantic wreckfish fishery, and the Mid-Atlantic surf 

clam. In January 2007, the Gulf fisheries Red Snapper IFQ will come into place. This kind of market based 

management program has been successfully practiced in New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Iceland and 

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Canada. Recognition has been granted that IFQ programs are a better management tool than simple quota 

systems in that underperforming fisherman (and who hasn’t had a bad day on the water) have a greater 

opportunity at compensation through selling their shares if unable to fill their allowable catch. It is a given 

that most people, and certainly industries, will exercise greater care if they have a vested stake in what 

they own instead of viewing natural resources as common ground open to an unlimited raid. 

In 2006 Pacific Northwest maritime regulations slashed the allowable commercial catch of Chinook and 

Coho salmon by 60% because of the lack of mature fish returning to spawn in the rivers. The remaining 

40% of the allowable catch faced double the pressure because reducing the catch did not reduce the 

number of fisherman competing for a smaller and smaller piece of the pie. Those that are unsuccessful 

have no way to recoup their loss other than to sell their boats and abandon a way of life. Those that 

are successful are often so because their incentive is not to manage the fish, but merely catch them. A 

sustainable management of fisheries is possible, and if fish are a publicly owned resource we would should 

heed the new practice of structuring already existing harvesting systems into new the models offered by 

IFQs. 

It’s that, or we could return to blaming the village gossip. 

For more information visit the National Marine Fisheries Service at: www.nmfs.noaa.gov. 

Great White Shark Released from Captivity in California 

By Bobbi Weaver 

This month, a great white shark, held in captivity at the Monterey Aquarium since September, was released 

into the ocean. The shark, fitted with an electronic device to transmit information to researchers, appeared 

healthy as it swam into Monterey Bay. 

The young male shark was captured in Santa Monica Bay in mid-August 2006. It was temporarily housed 

in an ocean pen in Southern California, and then transported to the Monterey Aquarium. While in captivity, 

the shark grew 9 inches in length and added 68 pounds. During the shark’s first weekend at the aquarium, 

approximately 17,000 people visited the aquarium, generating about $200,000 that the aquarium can 

use for further research. The shark was not aggressive towards other fish in his tank, but aquarium 

researchers determined that the time was appropriate to release the animal into the wild. 

The Monterey Aquarium has exhibited the most success in keeping great white sharks in captivity. In 

other aquariums, the sharks have not lived past 16 days. The Monterey Aquarium housed another female 

great white shark for 198 days from late 2004 to early 2005. The female shark’s behavior was becoming 

aggressive and she did kill other sharks in her tank. The aquarium released the female shark into the wild 

on March 31, 2005. 

Although sharks in captivity have provided valuable information to researchers and information on 

conservation to aquarium visitors, not all conservationists advocate keeping the animals in captivity. Some 

scientists and animal advocates have asserted that high likelihood of death in captivity as well as the 

danger posed to other animals in the same living area provide valid arguments against the captivity of 

great white sharks. 

Information on the Monterey Aquarium’s research on great white sharks is available online at 

www.mbayaq.org/cr/whiteshark.asp. For a different perspective, look at the web site of the Pelagic Shark 

Research Foundation at www.pelagic.org/. 


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Brief Webography of Ocean 

Conservation Internet Sites 


The Internet provides an excellent tool for educating 

the public on issues regarding ocean conservation. 

It provides a means for nonprofit organizations, 

government groups, and educational institutions to 

disseminate this pertinent information. The following 

article highlights just a few of the resources available 

online on conserving our seas. 

GOVERNMENT ENTITIES 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration—www.noaa.gov/ 

--NOAA’s web site includes links to a wealth of 

information, including a link to the NOAACentral 

Library’s web page. 

National Marine Fisheries Service— 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ 

--A division of NOAA, this agency is charged with the 

protection of the U.S.A’s marine resources. 

USGS Science Center for Coastal and Marine 

Geology—woodshole.er.usgs.gov/ 

--Located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, this federal 

organization is responsible for research concerning 

the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program. Its 

web site provides links to some of the Program’s 

recent publications. 

UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of 

the Sea—www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm 

--This part of the United Nations provides a link to 

the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 

(UNCLOS) and related agreements. It also provides 

other links relevant to the Division’s work. 

EDUCATIONAL GROUPS 

Consortium for Oceanographic Research and 

Education—www.coreocean.org/ 

--This group’s web site provides links to a variety of 

reports on ocean research. 

Center for Oceans Law and Policy— 

www.virginia.edu/colp/ 

--Part of the University of Virginia, the Center’s web 

site provides links to information on its publications 

and conferences. 


Gerald J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy— 

www.ocean.udel.edu/cmp/ 

--This Center is part of the University of Delaware. 

Its web site provides links to 

recent publications and reports on research 

Marine & Environmental Law Institute— 

www.dal.ca/law/melaw 

--Part of Dalhousie Law School in Nova Scotia, the 

Institute’s web site provides links to information on 

its publications and research. 

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 

The Ocean Conservancy—www.oceanconservan 

cy.org 

--This organization provides links to articles on 

various issues regarding ocean conservation. The 

link to “Fish & Wildlife” provides further links to 

articles on various threatened species of ocean life. 

The Ocean Foundation—www.oceanfdn.org/ 

--The Ocean Foundation provides financial and 

educational support to other organizations 

concerned with protecting our oceans. The web 

site includes links to its newsletters and relevant 

reports. 

The Ocean Alliance—www.oceanalliance.org/ 

--The Ocean Alliance promotes education on the 

conservation of the ocean’s resources. Its web 

site includes links to the group’s research and 

educational efforts. 

Sea Shepard Conservation Society— 

www.seashepherd.org/ 

--Sea Shepard focuses on the protection of marine 

mammals. Its web site has links to recent news 

articles, current campaigns, and merchandise 

available for sale to support the organization and 

its efforts. 

SeaWeb—www.seaweb.org/home.php 

--SeaWeb uses scientific education to promote the 

sustainable use of the ocean’s resources. 

The Marine Mammal Center—www.tmmc.org/ 

--This organization rescues and rehabilitates 

marine mammals, provides education to the public 

on marine mammals, and promotes protection of 

marine mammals. 

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International Marine Mammal Project—www.earthisland.org/IMMP/ 

--This group focuses on the protection of whale and dolphin species. 

World Wildlife Fund, “Our Solutions: Sustainable Fishing”—www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_ 

do/marine/our_solutions/sustainable_fishing/index.cfm 

--This section of WWF’s global web site provides information on the sustainable use of the ocean’s 

resources. 

Environmental Defense Network, Oceans Alive—www.oceansalive.org/eat.cfm 

--This web site provides information on the types of fish to eat to promote sustainable fishing. It includes 

a printable “Pocket Seafood Selector” to use while shopping or dining at restaurants serving seafood. 

More Agency Updates 

FWS Publishes Proposed Rule to List Polar 

Bears as Threatened 


The U.S. Fish & Wildlife’s proposed listing of the 

polar bear as threatened under the Endangered 

Species Act was published in the form of a proposed 

rule in the Jan. 9, 2007 Federal Register. Public 

comments on the following issues are being 

solicited by the agency: 

--Information on the animal’s taxonomy, 

distribution, habitat selection, food habits, 

population density and trends, habitat trends, and 

effects of management; 

--Long and short term effects of sea ice change on 

the distribution and abundance of polar bears and 

their principal prey; 

--Long and short term effects of other factors 

such as oil and gas development, contaminants, 

ecotourism, hunting, and poaching on the distribution 

and abundance of the species and their 

principal prey; 

--Regulatory and management mechanisms that 

might benefit the polar bears; 

--Information relevant to the critical habitat designation 

as provided by section 4 of the Endangered 

Species Act; 

--Information relevant to whether any populations 

of the species may qualify as distinct population 

segments; and 

--Information regarding the studies referenced in 

the proposed rulemaking. 

Comments will be accepted until April 9, 2007, and 

may be submitted in person, by mail, or by email 

to: Supervisor, U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine 


Mammals Management Office, 1011 East Tudor 

Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, email: 

Polar_Bear_Finding@fws.gov 

The proposed rule stems from a petition filed by 

the Center for Biological Diversity requesting that 

the polar bear be listed as threatened under the 

Endangered Species Act. Conservationists have 

asserted that Arctic ice—the area where polar bears 

live and hunt—has been depleted due to global 

warming. 

For further information, see the rule-making 

publication at 72 Fed. Reg. 1063-1099 

(Jan. 9, 2007). It is also available online at 

www.gpoaccess.gov. [Select the “Federal Register” 

link.] 

CRS Issues Report on EPA Libraries Restructure 


The Congressional Research Service has recently 

issued a report for Congress on the restructuring of the 

EPA Library System. The report, titled “Restructuring 

EPA’s Libraries: Background and Issues for Congress” 

is available online at www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/ 

RS22533.pdf. 

The report includes a useful table of the status of the 

various libraries in the EPA system. It also includes 

a table on the funding for the libraries from 2002 to 

the current requested funding for FY2007. The report 

also touches on the increased use of the Internet for 

accessing EPA information, and the agency’s plans for 

future digitization. 

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Book Review 

Ellis, Richard. The Empty Ocean: Plundering 

the World’s Marine Life. Washington: Island 

Press, 2003. [ISBN: 1559636378; List Price: 

$22.50.] 

Reviewed by Bobbi Weaver 

Richard Ellis presents an excellent exposé of man’s 

threat to marine biodiversity in this book. He begins 

with a tale of the gray whales that used to swim in 

the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Greenland and 

Iceland. Although this species is still alive in other 

areas, human whale-hunters exterminated the 

animal from the Atlantic region. 

The news doesn’t get much better as the book 

continues. Ellis describes the depletion of the 

world’s fish stock through overfishing and by-catch 

of unwanted species. He describes the incidental 

casualties of marine birds lured by fishermen’s bait 

and drowned as a result. He describes the problem 

of sea turtles becoming bycatch in shrimping trawls. 

Although this problem has been mitigated by 

legislation, it still continues to some extent. 

Ellis continues with man’s attack on seal and sea 

lion species. Historically, the main impetus for sealhunting 

was for fur or oil. Early explorers sailed the 

world’s oceans in search of more seals to slaughter. 

The slaughter resulted in the depletion of several 

species of seals and sea lions, and the eradication 

of the Caribbean monk seal. Although seal hunting 

has ended in many countries, some still continues 

today. Most notable is the annual harp seal 

slaughter in Atlantic Canada, which is still permitted 

by the Canadian Government despite protests from 

around the world. 

The final chapters include a chapter on whaling and 

the destruction of coral reefs. In this chapter, Ellis 

discusses the history of whaling. Some whaling 

by indigenous populations is still permitted today. 

While at one time many countries participated in 

this atrocity, today only a few still engage in this 

slaughter. According to the author at the time of 

the book’s publication, Japan, Norway and Iceland 

continue the practice of whaling in the present day. 


Ellis describes some of the threats to coral reefs. 

He cites the problem of coral bleaching, which 

results from a rise in ocean temperatures. Some 

theorize that this rise in temperature may be linked 

to global warming. With regard to the coral in the 

Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Ellis describes the 

invasion of the Crown-of-Thorns starfish, which has 

depleted the coral reefs in that area. Some studies 

have linked agricultural runoff to this problem. 

Nutrients from the runoff feed algae, which is a 

major food source for the starfish. 

Ellis’ book serves as a wake-up call for ocean 

conservation. His sometimes shocking descriptions 

of man’s attack on nature would incite most 

reasonable people to do something, if only change 

one’s culinary habits to be more sustainable. The 

language is understandable yet comprehensive, and 

the text is supplemented with Ellis’ illustrations of 

the various species discussed. The book is suitable 

for a wide audience, including public and college 

libraries. 

Film Reviews 

Bridging the Ocean Divide (2005). Run time: 

22 min.[DVD available for rental or purchase from 

Green Planet Films at http://www.greenplanetfilms. 

org/ ] 


This short film addresses the relationship between 

the U.S. and Japan with an emphasis on the role of 

the ocean for both cultures. The film begins with 

a narrative on the history of the U.S. and Japanese 

whaling industries in the late 1800s. At that time, 

the U.S. sent ships to Japan for whaling. The 

Japanese engaged in whaling as well. The U.S. 

and Japanese whalers often interacted, sharing 

technologies and other aspects of each others’ 

cultures. 

The second part of the film focuses on the modern 

day, with a narrative from U.S. dolphin researcher, 

Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski. Dr. Dudzinski has studied 

bottle-nosed dolphins near the island of Mikura 

in Japan. She spends a great deal of time doing 

educational outreach to the school children of 

the island. Dr. Dudzinski states that the children 

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have a great deal of pride in their island heritage, 

and respect for the area’s natural history. She 

discussed a 2004 cultural exchange program 

involving students from the United States. The film 

concludes with excerpts of interviews with these 

U.S. exchange students on their perceptions of the 

importance of ocean conservation. 

The film includes beautiful footage of the natural 

aspects of the island. There is also excellent 

underwater footage of the dolphins. 

Crown-of-Thorns Starfish: The Monster from 

the Shallows (2005). Run time: 48 min. [DVD 

available for rental or purchase from Green Planet 

Films at www.greenplanetfilms.org/ ] 


This film documents the massive outbreak of 

the Crown-of-Thorns starfish in the Great Barrier 

Reef in Northeastern Australia, and the species’ 

devastating effect on coral in the region. This 

film explores whether this out-break is a naturallyoccurring 

phenomena, or whether human 

intervention has had an effect. 

Detailed underwater footage of the Great Barrier 

Reef adds greatly to this documentary. The area 

extends 1500 miles along the coast of Queensland 

and is visible from space. The Great Barrier Reef 

is actually comprised of 2900 smaller reefs. Its 

foundation is made up of coral skeletons. The top 

layers are made of about 400 species of hard coral 

and another 400 species of soft coral. 

The Crown-of-Thorns starfish is usually about the 

size of a dinner plate. It can have 7 to 21 arms, 

which are covered with spiny offshoots that can 

deliver a painful sting. On its underside, there are 

hundreds of tubular feet, which it uses to literally 

suck the life from the coral upon which it feeds. 

The starfish dissolves the coral polyps with its 

digestive juices, leaving a white scar behind. 

This destructive species was virtually invisible on 

the Great Barrier Reef until the 1960s. In 1964, 

15,000 Crown-of-Thorn starfish were removed from 

an area of the Reef around Green Island. At first, 

scientists theorized that over-harvesting and overfishing 

of the starfish’s natural predators caused 

the tremendous outbreak of this starfish species. 

More recently, scientists have asserted a link of the 


Crown-of-Thorns starfish outbreak to an abundance 

of nutrients in the ocean due to agricultural runoff. 

Northern Queensland produces a large amount 

of sugar cane and raises cattle. Runoff from the 

cattle pastures and sugar cane fields results from 

rain that washes nutrients from the land to the sea. 

The nutrients produce algae, a primary food for the 

Crown-of-Thorns starfish. Hence, the species has 

been thriving uncontrolled. 

The film’s narrator indicates that over-fishing may 

still be a factor, as many of the species that preyed 

upon the Crown-of-Thorns starfish have been 

removed from the Reef by human overexploitation. 

Human divers now regularly inject the starfish with 

toxins to kill them in an effort to control outbreaks 

and conserve the coral reefs. 

The film was quite informative, and the underwater 

cinematography was excellent. The narration is 

quite explanatory and understandable to laypeople. 

The film does an excellent job of explaining this 

environmental crisis, and possible solutions for coral 

reef conservation. 

The Baltic: Sea of Surprises (2004). Run Time: 

40 min.[DVD available for purchase at $1.80 from 

Green Planet Films at http://www.greenplanetfilms. 

org/ ] 


This film from Finland is made up of four 10minute 

segments on various aspects of the Baltic 

Sea. Part I is titled “Sea of Ice” and documents the 

environment of the Baltic Sea when frozen in the 

winter. There is underwater footage to show the 

vibrant freshwater and salt water life under the ice. 

Grey seals use the icy patches to give birth, and use 

ice holes to gain access to the water to fish. This 

part of the film ends with comments on the effects 

of pollution in the area. 

In Part II, “A Fragile Sea,” the filmmakers elaborate 

on the problems of pollution and its effects on the 

marine wildlife. The narrator tells of seals and 

birds in the area suffering from a variety of health 

problems. Both the seals and the birds obtain their 

food from the sea. Marine pollution from human 

sources deposits toxins in the sea which effect the 

fish living there. Fish for human consumption from 

the Baltic also contain some toxins. 

Part III, titled “Voyagers,” it begins with a discussion 

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of sand gapers, a non-indigenous species brought 

from North America by the Vikings. This shellfish 

species escaped into the Baltic. They attach to the 

hulls of ships and removal is laborious. A special 

paint has been used on the ships to dissuade 

attachment of the shellfish. Unfortunately, the paint 

is toxic and the toxins have seeped into the water 

of the Baltic. This part continues with a discussion 

on the impact of human activity on the marine 

wildlife. The problem of porpoises being tangled 

in fishing nets and perishing is addressed. The 

narrator discusses the use by Danish fishermen of 

high-frequency devices to deter the porpoises from 

entering the fishing nets. The narrator continues by 

discussing the impact of over-fishing on the fishery 

stock of the Baltic. 

The final part titled “Sensitive Shores” focuses on 

the land bordering the Baltic Sea. The narrator 

starts with a discussion on the historical background 

of the area, and the early settler’s use of the natural 

resources. Information on the birds that nest on 

the land is described. The narrator notes that 

many birds in the region fly north to the Arctic in 

the spring to breed, and this event is observed by 

many birdwatchers in the region. With increased 

human interaction in the area, however, comes 

some disruption of the ecosystem. More people 

are vacationing in the area, and the noise from 

motor boats and other human activity disturbs some 

wildlife species. The narrator also comments on the 

contamination from deliberate oil discharges from 

boats in the Baltic, and the impact on the marine 

wildlife in the region. 

This film includes excellent wildlife and underwater 

footage. It is quite informative, especially for those 

who do not have a lot of familiarity with the region. 

The price is right, and I would recommend it for 

both public and research library collections. 

Ocean Odyssey (BBC, 2006) 


This documentary has a sad beginning. It opens 

with a stranded and dying sperm whale beached 

in New Zealand. The rest of the film attempts to 

tell the ocean’s story through the eyes of this great 

animal. The film shows a mother sperm whale 

with her calf, traveling the depths of the ocean. 

The narrator explains that sperm whales use an 


echolocation system to navigate the ocean and hunt 

for prey. Sperm whales are they key predator in 

the world’s largest food chain, and an adult sperm 

whale can consume 500 squid in a single hunting 

dive. The narrator explains that sperm whales 

actually suck in their prey and crush it with the 

muscles in their stomachs. 

However, even predators can sometimes become 

potential prey for other animals. The giant squid is 

the size of a family car, yet it is one of the favorite 

types of prey for the sperm whale, despite its 

grand size. Battles between sperm whales and 

giant squid can sometimes be fatal for the whale, 

especially if it is younger and smaller in size. Also, 

orcas, or killer whales, will prey upon the younger 

and smaller sperm whales. The film depicts a pod 

of orcas attacking a sperm whale calf. The calf’s 

mother interceded to protect her young by placing 

her body between the calf and the orcas. She then 

summoned other members of the sperm whale pod, 

who encircled the calf to provide further protection 

from the orcas. 

Trouble for the sperm whales has not always come 

from the sea, the film explains. The actions of men, 

deliberate and incidental, have proven harmful for 

this species. In the 1930s, telegraph cables crossed 

the bottom of the ocean floor of the Atlantic, 

connecting North America to Europe. The cables 

were often in need of repair. Ships were sent out to 

the depths of the ocean to pull up the cables from 

the ocean’s floor. Because of the sperm whales’ 

keen echolocation system, the sperm whales 

would pick up the sound of the moving cables and 

perceive these sounds as potential prey. Instead, 

the animals would become entangled in the cables 

and perish. Also during the 1930s, steam-powered 

whaling ships sailed the ocean as high-powered 

killing machines. Sperm whales were coveted 

primarily for their oil. The film provides some 

disturbing re-creation of a whaling expedition 

that occurred during the onset of a storm in 

the Mid-Atlantic in August of 1938. 

The combination of excellent underwater 

cinematography and explanatory narration makes 

this film a good addition to the collections of both 

public and research libraries. The list price for this 

film is $19.98, and it is available for purchase from 

online merchants such as Amazon and Barnes & 

Noble, and for rental from Netflix. 

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©2006 James Hudnall. Reprinted with permission. 

Harbor seals hauling out on Casa Beach in La Jolla, CA 

Saving a Local Coastal Treasure: 

Research to Support the Conservation 

of a Harbor Seal Colony in 

Southern California 

by Bobbi Weaver 

In November of 1998, about a year after I moved 

to San Diego, I took a short trip to La Jolla Cove, a 

beach area north of San Diego. Being a native of 

New Jersey, “going to the shore” was not a unique 

experience. But what I saw in La Jolla was. Within 

viewing were a group of harbor seals, young and 

old, hauling out on the area known as Casa Beach. 

Visitors were able to quietly observe the behavior of 

these creatures, and appreciate their beauty. 

Since that time, this seal rookery has been the 

subject of much controversy. Believe it or not, there 

are people in this area that want to banish the seals 

from Casa Beach. This small but wealthy group of 

citizens has strong-armed the City Council to vote 

to dredge the area in an effort to dissuade the seals 

from using this beach to haul out. One swimmer 

filed a lawsuit to force the city to dredge the area. 

This suit is currently on appeal. 

In the meantime, several local environmental 

groups have formed a coalition to preserve this 

harbor seal habitat. I had been working with a 

group of volunteer lawyers on this issue in 2004, 

so I joined in the efforts of the Save-Our-Seals 

Coalition (www.save-our-seals.org/) by providing 

research assistance. My forte is in legal research, 

which definitely has been useful in this effort. 

However, finding information in other areas has 


been needed as well. 

With regard to legal materials, this issue is touched 

by federal, state, and local law. The Marine 

Mammal Protection Act theoretically should protect 

these animals from harassment. Unfortunately, the 

federal authorities have been lax in enforcing this 

law. In my initial research, I located a provision 

of the San Diego Municipal Code that I thought 

might prove useful. Section 63.0102(b)(10) of the 

code states: “It is unlawful to take, kill, wound, 

disturb or maltreat any bird or animal, either wild 

or domesticated, unless the same shall have been 

declared noxious. . .” Again, local authorities 

have not been diligent in the enforcement of this 

provision. 

One of the fallacies that our opponents have 

advanced is that the beach can be shared by 

humans and seals without any detrimental effects. 

To show the problems with this assertion, I have 

found reports in scientific literature indicating that 

harbor seals are a particularly skittish species, and 

the seals have been known to abandon haul out 

sites due to continued harassment. In scientific 

reports and newspaper articles, the abandonment of 

a haul out site in the Bay Area was described. 

In the 1970s, harbor seals hauled out on an area of 

beach known as Strawberry Spit. During the 1970s, 

as many as 100 seals used the area as a haul-out 

site. Then, by the 1980s, developers began to build 

in the area, and humans and dogs began disturbing 

the seals on a regular basis. By the late 1980s, the 

harbor seals abandoned the site. 

One of the recent approaches our group has 

taken to preserve the seal colony is to advocate 

the establishment of a marine sanctuary in the 

area. The area is a unique “living lab” that can 

©2006, James Hudnall. Reprinted with permission. 

Visitors observe the seal colony at Casa Beach. 

continued on p. 12 

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e observed by children from all socio-economic 

backgrounds. To support this effort, I located 

studies showing the benefits of environmental 

education. 

This year, we were successful in persuading the 

City Council to erect a barrier at the site during 

pupping season. Protection during this time is 

especially crucial. Harassment by humans can 

frighten a mother harbor seal and result in her 

abandoning her pup, who will most likely perish 

without her care. 

We still have a battle to fight. Luckily, there are 

many wonderful volunteers that have helped to 

protect this valuable coastal resource. Hopefully, 

we can preserve this site for the enjoyment of 

future generations. 

For more information about the harbor seals in La 

Jolla, visit the following web sites: 

La Jolla Harbor Seals—Short Documentary (on You 

Tube)—www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2xqqXp3-p0 

Save-Our-Seals Coalition—www.save-our-seals.org/ 

La Jolla Friends of the Seals—www.lajollaseals.com/ 

San Diego Animal Advocates, Save the San Diego 

Seals—www.savesandiegoseals.com/ 

Sierra Club Wildlife Committee— 

sandiego.sierraclub.org/conservation/ 

Wildcoast—www.wildcoast.net/ 

Animal Protection & Rescue League—www.aprl.org 

San Diego Coastkeepers—www.sdbaykeeper.org/ 

Donations can be made via PayPal to support 

the conservation of this habitat through 

the La Jolla Friends of Seals web site at 

www.lajollaseals.com/help.html 


Recent Incidental Taking Notices 

under the MMPA Issued 


Although the Marine Mammal Protection Act 

generally protects marine mammals from injury, 

there is an exception whereby a permit might be 

issued by the National Marine Fisheries Services 

(NMFS) for an incidental taking, or harassment, 

of a small number of marine mammals. Sections 

101(a)(5)(A) and 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) allows U.S. citizens to apply for 

a permit from the NMFS to harass marine mammals 

incidental to a specified activity and limited to a 

specified geographic area. Notice of this proposed 

permit is published in the Federal Register and 

subject to public comment. Recently, the following 

notices have been published and are currently open 

for public comment. 

--In the Jan. 3, 2007 issue, NMFS announced the 

Army Corps of Engineers’ application for incidental 

taking due to repairs to be done on the South 

Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River in Clatsop 

County, Oregon [72 Fed. Reg. 124]. The comment 

deadline is Feb. 2, 2007. 

--In the Jan. 5, 2007 issue, NMFS announced the 

California Department of Transportation’s application 

for incidental taking due to the construction on part 

of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge [72 Fed. 

Reg. 532]. The comment deadline is Feb. 5, 2007. 

--In the Jan. 5, 2007 edition, NMFS announced the 

application of ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. and from 

Union Oil Company of California for incidental taking 

due to seismic operations in portions of Cook Inlet, 

Alaska [72 Fed. Reg. 536]. The comment deadline 

is Feb. 5, 2007. 

Detailed information on the species affected, 

geographic areas affected, and addresses for the 

submission of comments can be found by consulting 

the full publications in the Federal Register, which 

are available on line at www.gpoaccess.gov. 

©2006, James Hudnall. Reprinted with Permission 

Seal supporters participate in recent holiday parade. 

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Library Profile: 

The NOAA Central Library 

by Stanley Elswick 

HISTORY 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) has its roots in America's 

oldest science agencies--the Survey of the Coast 

formed in 1807, the Weather Service formed 

in 1870, and the U.S. Fish Commission formed 

in 1871. In 1970, the reorganization of various 

components into NOAA unified the nation's widely 

scattered, piecemeal environmental activities 

and provided a rational and systematic approach 

to understanding, protecting, developing and 

enhancing the total environment. 

The creation of NOAA set in motion a consolidation 

of several libraries that eventually resulted in 

today's NOAA Central Library. The NOAA Central 

Library serves as the main place to find information 

and data resources for the NOAA staff, the wider 

scientific community, and the general public for 

topics that deal with the condition of the oceans 

and atmosphere. The rich and varied history 

of the entities that eventually formed NOAA led 

to the creation of a NOAA Central Library with a 

large, multidisciplinary collection. The subject 

matter reflected in the Library’s collections 

includes oceanography, ocean engineering, marine 

resources, ecosystems, coastal studies, atmospheric 

sciences (climatology and meteorology), geodesy, 

geophysics, cartography, mathematics, and 

statistics. The collection enables "one-stop" 

reference service for ecosystems studies and other 

interdependent, multidisciplinary studies. 


COLLECTIONS 

Library staff have estimated that the NOAA Central 

Library contains nearly 1.5 million volumes; only a 

small portion have been cataloged electronically. 

The library catalog contains around 110,000 

titles for the Central Library, most of which date 

from 1975 onwards. The vast majority of the 

uncataloged works bear publication dates ranging 

back to the 1800s and earlier. As evidenced by 

a search of international catalogs, 35-50% of 

the Library's collection is unique. These include 

historical meteorological data, information on 

instruments, and metadata. Most of these materials 

are found nowhere else in the world. 

The NOAA library catalog, NOAALINC, contains the 

holdings not only of the Central Library but also 27 

other NOAA libraries around the country. Those 

holdings represent well over 300,000 individual 

volumes. The libraries within the NOAA Library and 

Information Network (NLIN) serve a diverse group 

of research centers and laboratories that deal with 

subjects as varied as fisheries science, economics, 

and management; marine biology and ecology; 

chemistry; oceanography; environmental toxicology; 

atmospheric diffusion; polar science; climate; 

physics; materials science; telecommunications; 

computer science; plasma and space physics; 

mathematics; aquaculture; tropical and hurricane 

meteorology; air-sea interaction; ocean physics; 

underwater acoustics; atmospheric chemistry; and 

marine geology. The Library maintains a directory 

with links to each of the NOAA libraries in our 

network with addresses and contact information, 

and a description of the special focus of the 

particular library. 

The catalog also contains links to around 15,000 

web resources. The sources include many current 

online journals and e-books, but also historical 

documents containing observations in climate, 

oceanography, fisheries, surveying, and other 

subjects that the Library has digitized so that 

they can gain a wider audience. The historical 

collections--most not yet cataloged--contain 

many treasures that await discovery, description, 

digitization, and access. The Library makes these 

materials available as funding becomes available. 


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Library Profile [cont’d] 

WEB RESOURCES 

The Library’s web site (www.lib.noaa.gov/) includes 

links to the many of the web resources found in the 

catalog and much more. These include … 

§ subscription and free databases 

§ eJournals and eBooks 

§ a NOAA history site with extensive accounts 

for each of the predecessor entities that 

formed NOAA 

§ the online NOAA Photo Library (described in 

more detail below) 

§ a Gov Docs page with info about the 

Library’s depository collection and other links 

§ WINDandSEA, an internet locator with over 

1,000 selected links to science and policy 

sites organized by topic and alphabetically 

within topic 

§ NOAA Browser, an internet locator with links 

to NOAA offices 

§ Aquaculture information 

§ digitized historical documents 

§ links to other NOAA offices and programs 

VIRTUAL LIBRARIES 

The NOAA Central Library has coordinated with 

various NOAA offices to create virtual libraries of 

materials that provide information about areas of 

research or particular projects that NOAA conducts. 

These include: 

--Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) Virtual 

Library serves as a single point of access to NOAA 

coral reef information and data products, especially 

those of NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. 

It links to publications, NOAA coral reef web sites, 

and other coral reef web sites. Link directly to 

CoRIS at www.coris.noaa.gov . 

--Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Virtual Library 

consists of a database of MPA literature and 

information organized by four collections: 

Bibliography (articles, books, reports, proceedings); 

Institutions and Organizations; Web sites; and 

Conferences and Workshops. The MPA Virtual 

Library includes descriptive records and links to fulltext 

when available. Link to the MPA Virtual Library 

at www3.mpa.gov/mpa_lib/virtual_library.aspx. 


--The NOAA Restoration Portal provides centralized 

access to information about NOAA habitat 

restoration programs, projects, and activities 

through a single point-of-entry. This site serves 

as a gateway to NOAA restoration publications, 

Web sites, audiovisual materials, and case studies. 

To see more visit the NOAA Restoration Portal at 

restoration.noaa.gov . 

--The Aquaculture Information Service Center 

and related web sites have been created to 

provide the broadest possible access to NOAA 

information on aquaculture. Information and 

reference service on the research projects 

funded through the NOAA/DOC National Marine 

Aquaculture Initiative, summaries of workshops 

and meetings that occurred under the auspices of 

DOC and NOAA, notices of funding opportunities, 

governmental services and organizational material 

that will be helpful to those interested in our 

aquaculture programs, issue bibliographies and 

information on NOAA international panels dealing 

with aquaculture issues are all available here. 

To see more visit www.lib.noaa.gov/docaqua/ 

frontpage.htm. 

SOME ITEMS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST 

--The NOAA Central Library has a print collection 

of local climatological data from major cities in 

all states, in many instances from prior to the 

turn of the century. If you need to know what 

the weather was like on a particular date in a 

particular place in the U.S., odds are you can find 

it in the LCD's. We do not loan out our copies, 

but we will fax a limited number of photocopies 

at your request. If you would like to see what 

an LCD contains, view a sample record at: 

www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/samples/lcdmonthly.pdf. 

--The online NOAA Photo Library contains 31,000 

photos in albums arranged by subject and 

searchable by keyword. The photos range from 

images of weather phenomena to undersea photos 

to historical images. The photos are nearly all in 

the public domain, so you may use them freely. 

We just ask that you credit the NOAA Photo 

Library when you do so. Access the Photo Library 

at: www.photolib.noaa.gov/ 

--The Office of Coast Survey's Historical Map & 


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Chart Collection contains over 20,000 maps and 

charts from the late 1700s to present day. The 

Collection includes some of the nation's earliest 

nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic 

surveys, geodetic surveys, city plans and Civil War 

battle maps. The images require Lizard Tech's 

MrSID software to view. You can find a link to 

download the software on the main search page. 

For a description of the Collection and a link to the 

search page visit: chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/csdl/ 

ctp/abstract.htm 

. 

--In another exciting project, the Library is teaming 

with NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration to archive, 

preserve, and manage digital video, still images, 

and audio resources. The project will make available 

online digital video and images from NOAA ocean 

exploration cruises. You can access these thru the 

NODC Ocean Archive System at 

www.nodc.noaa.gov/Archive/Search or through the 

Library’s catalog at www.lib.noaa.gov/uhtbin/. 

VISIT US 

You can visit the NOAA Central Library at 1315 

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, conveniently 

located at the Silver Spring Metro Station on the 

Washington Area Metro Red Line. The Library 

welcomes visitors during our normal operating 

hours M-F from 9:00-4:00. You will need photo ID 

to check in at the security desk and it helps if we 

know you are coming, so give us a call at: (301) 

713-2600 ext.124 or send us an email at: Library.Re 

ference@noaa.gov . 

You can also visit us online at:www.lib.noaa.gov/ Our 

home page gives links to all of the resources described 

above and much more. 

Stanley Elswick can be reached at Stanley.Elswick@noaa.gov 


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NOAA Announces Release of Oil 

Damage Restoration Plan for the 

Louisiana Area 


A notice was published in the Jan. 5, 2007 edition of 

the Federal Register (72 Fed. Reg. 543) announcing 

the availability to the public of a document titled 

“Final Regional Restoration Plan for Region 2.” 

This publication, jointly authored by federal and 

Louisiana state authorities, outlines the plan for 

conducting Natural Resource Damage Assessments 

(NRDAs) regarding the damage to area fisheries and 

wildlife as a result of oil spillage. 

In the background information of the notice, 

NOAA explains the importance of natural resources 

(e.g., hunting, fishing and forest products) to the 

economy of the state of Louisiana. The notice also 

explains the potential damage to these resources 

that could result from oil spills. 

The notice indicates that the administrative record 

for Louisiana’s program is available online at 

www.losco.state.la.us/admin/RRP/RRPprogram_ 

view.asp. To request a copy of this publication, 

contact Tony Penn, Southeast Branch Chief, 

NOAA/Assessment and Restoration Division, 1305 

East-West Highway, SSMC 4, 10th floor, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910; phone number 301-713- 

3038 x197; fax number 301-713-4387; e-mail 

address: Tony.Penn@noaa.gov, or contact Charles 

Armbruster, RRP Program Manager, Louisiana Oil 

Spill Coordinator’s Office, 150 Third Street, Suite 

405, Baton Rouge, LA 70801; phone number 

225-219-5800; fax number 225-219-5802; e-mail 

address: Charles.Armbruster@losco.state.la.us. The 

notice instructs that when submitting a request for 

a copy of this publication, indicate the format you 

would prefer (e.g., compact disk, a hardcopy, or the 

Internet address to download an electronic copy). 

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