December 21, 2017

Editorial muses on prolonged article publishing time. Articles include one that discusses the continued dumping of raw sewage into rivers and oceans. Another focuses on an unusual sighting of foraging humpback whales in areas not seen before in eastern Canada. Then an article describes sea turtles in Ecuador that are threatened by diverse anthropogenic stressors in the Guayaquil Gulf, which is the largest estuary along the Pacific coast of South America and commercial trade route in Ecuador.