Tippets: Evergreen Hand, Salmon Fin-Clipping, State of the Oceans

July 17, 2011 By: Marshall Cutchin

  • Designed to help disabled veterans tie flies, Evergreen Hand turns into popular one-handed vise.
  • A Vancouver Island biologist says the common practice of fin-clipping salmon hurts their chances of surviving in the wild.
  • NYT: International coalition of marine scientists say ocean degradation worse than expected, call for reduction carbon dioxide emissions, marine conservation areas and “a way to protect ocean life that goes beyond national jurisdictions.”