Catch On! Fish Contamination, Bioaccumulation, & Healthy Fishing – June 2007

Related Articles & Background Information

• Map of southern California Bight
• Waiting for the DDT tide to turn (PDF, 43 KB) - By Marla Cone, Los Angeles Times, Jan 2007
• PCBs – Still an issue three decades later (PDF) - By Jenny Sterling, Nov/Dec 2004, Southwest Hydrology, p 8-9
• Contaminated Fish Report Released (PDF) Currents (The Newsletter of Heal the Bay), vol 21, no 2, 2007, p. 2

Restoration Efforts

• Executive Summary of the Montrose Settlement Restoration Program (PDF) - Produced by the Natural Resource Trustees, July 2006
• Restoration plan aims to undo ocean pollution (PDF, 30 KB) - By Lee Peterson, Daily Breeze, April 11, 2005
• Catalina denied funds for bald eagle project (PDF, 29 KB) - By Merrilee Madrigal, Associated Press, June 25, 2005

Ecological Impact of DDT and Recovery

• Fighting For Foxes (PDF) - By Adele Conover and Andrew Curry, Smithsonian Magazine, 2004
• Friends of the Island Fox website
• A fine day for the eagle-eyed (PDF, 51 KB) - By Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times April 29, 2007
• Falcon chicks found for first time in 50 years (PDF, 60 KB) - By Times Staff and Wire Reports, Los Angeles Times April 27, 2007

Resources

• Glossary (PDF, 8 KB)
• Resources List (websites) (PDF, 15 KB)
• Pipette Training Lesson (PDF, 35 KB)

World Ocean Day

• Petition – help convince the United Nations to declare June 8 as World Ocean Day! Action List – What you can do to help the ocean