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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (40169)	5/27/2013 9:47:54 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) of 86356

More denial on your part. pmel.noaa.gov nrdc.org State panel calls for stronger action to combat ocean acidification A panel appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire made dozens of recommendations for tackling the rising acidity in Northwest marine waters, which already has upended the West Coast's multimillion-dollar shellfish industry and threatens to wreak havoc on the region's marine food web. seattletimes.com What's clear is that while scientists predicted acidification would harm marine creatures in coming decades, it's actually doing so now. Since 2005, wild and hatchery-grown oysters have struggled to reproduce in Washington waters. Scientists this year finally showed that was directly linked to more corrosive waters that killed oyster larvae. Just this week, researchers showed that tiny snaillike pteropods that feed fish around the globe are being damaged off the coast of South America in waters less sour than those in Washington. "We simply cannot sit idly by while this happens," said Manning's co-chairman Bill Ruckelshaus, former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Presidents Nixon and Reagan. Particularly hard hit by rising acidity are creatures that rely on calcium carbonate to build shells or other bodily structures — everything from clams and mussels to many fish. That's why federal and university scientists in Seattle and the San Juan Islands are studying carbon dioxide's effect on everything from Dungeness crab and geoduck to rockfish and tiny sea snails. This is becoming a serious problem in our state and the west coast of North America as we see increasing problems with our Dungeness crabs an other shellfish. Maybe you can ignore the problem but we cannot.

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