Fishermen back setting fewer traps

In Lobster Fishing area 26A on Prince Edward Island, fishermen had noticed a decline in stocks. As a conservation measure to protect the future of lobster stocks in the area, a vote was taken by 402 licensed fishermen from the area. The vote was to make a minimun set of 6 traps instead of the previous ways of setting individual traps, which allowed lobsters not much oppertunity to avoid being captured. The vote turned out in favour of the new law, with the understanding that the change would be included on the fishermen's lobster licence, and it will be inforced by fisheries protection officers.

Charlottetown Guardian Feb 22 2007,

old -style light bulbs

On Feb 22nd in the Charlottetown news paper (the Guardian), was a tiny article on Australia's gouvernment planning on banning old-style light bulbs. They plan on phasing out incandescent light bulbs. If this is done and all light bulbs within Australia were replaced with enery-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs, they would reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by 4 000 000 tonnes by 2012. Doing this would also reduce household power bills by 66%.

Ontario is now looking into being the first Canadian province to follow Australia in banning incandescent light bulbs. Premier Dalton made an estimate that if all old fashioned light bulbs were replaced, it would allow for one power plant to shut down.

25 million dollar contest

Last night on the news, a press conference with Al Gore and Richard Branson was shown. Richard Branson of the Virgin Empire is offering 25 million dollars to a scientist who can come up with a way of extracting green house gases from the atmosphere. Because Richard Branson owns planes and trains, some environmentalists are not happy with this announcement because it seems contradictory, but on the other hand, he is taking profits from his company and making an effort in reducing greenhouse gasses and helping out the environment.

The National

Last nights episode of CBC's The National, discussed the top 10 ways to help save the environment. These are the top 10,

10) Don't idle or warm up your car
09) Lower the heat in your home by 2 degrees Celcius
08) Use a blue box, and recycle
07) Use compact fluorescent bulbs
06) Reduce air travel
05) Switch to renewable power
04) Buy less, and buy local
03) Use appliances efficiently, and use energy saving appliances
02) Drive less
01) Retrofit your home