Development on the shoreline, population growth in the area and runoff from area farms and lawns have left the bay polluted with phosphorus, fertilizers and untreated waste. Pierce has been working these waters for 48 years now and says, “When I started in the late ’60s, there was commercial rock fishing, there was clamming, there was oystering, crabbing. Most of that is gone now.

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Courtney Conlogue (USA) and Laura Enever (AUS) will battle it out in the finals of the  Billabong Azores Islands Women’s Pro in Sao Miguel, Azores Islands this weekend.

Conlogue got to the finals by beating out Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) who finished third.

“It is real tough out there today with these conditions but you just have to go out and surf your best and do what you can to get the scores and the result. I’m stoked to be in the final now and I think that anyone could have made the final today so you have to be on your toes and be consistent and hopefully you can drop the average scores.”

Enever, who is the current Women’s ASP World Junior Champion, bested Sophia Mulanovich (PER) to get her to the final clash against Conlogue.

“I am really stoked to make the final which will be my first for the year on the WQS so I am very excited and hopefully we will get some waves for the final and we can put on a good show for all the people who are here on the island to watch the contest. There were some waves in my semi-final and I only just got my boards last night so it is good to be back on my own boards now and let’s hope for waves on the weekend.”

The Billabong Azores Islands Pro is an event where surfers gain crucial points for their 2010 ASP world rankings.

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After calling a lay-day yesterday due to small conditions, a highly anticipated swell arrived today with massive 10′+ sets. Unfortunately, poor wave quality forced a second consecutive lay day at the infamous’ Mexican Pipeline’.

The swell is forecast to increase tomorrow and organizers are hoping conditions will improve as well. With the event’s 10 day waiting period,  organizers have the leeway hold the ASP 4-Star event in optimal Puerto Escondido conditions.

Southern California surfers are having been watching all the recent activity ‘down under’ and are awiting the arrival of a fairly significant south swell in about 4-5 days.

As you can see in the above wave measurement graphic there’s been quite a bit of wave making activity in the Southern Hemisphere during the last few days and surfers are waxing up their surfboards in anticipation of the swell which is expected to reach 1-2′ overhead around Monday or Tuesday.

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The drug works by helping the immune system fight tumors. The FDA has pledged a quick review, and doctors are hopeful that the drug could be available by the end of 2010.

“We have not had any therapy that has prolonged survival” until now, said Dr. Lynn Schuchter of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, a skin cancer specialist with no role in the study or ties to the drug’s maker.

Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer. Last year in the US, there were about 68,000 new cases and 8,650 deaths from the disease. Worldwide, more than 50,000 people die of melanoma each year.

“The incidence is rising faster than any other cancer,” said one of the study’s leaders, Dr. Stephen Hodi of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. “When it spreads to vital organs, it’s almost always fatal.”

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