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Underwater Photography To Monitor Deep Fishing In Antarctic
Underwater Photography To Monitor Deep Fishing In Antarctic
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A new voyage will try to measure the impact of bottom fishing in the Antarctic using underwater photography methods
Underwater Photography Tells The Sad Tale Of The Ocean's Plight
Underwater Photography Tells The Sad Tale Of The Ocean's Plight
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As underwater photographers, we travel far and wide for the privilege of unique encounters with marine life. When the encounters and conditions all come together, we sometimes even have the...
Government Closes Bottomfishing Gear In Atlantic Canyons
Government Closes Bottomfishing Gear In Atlantic Canyons
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The federal government took its final step late yesterday to protect sensitive deepwater canyons that lie along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Virginia
Stimulus Money Pays Fishermen To Snare Lost Nets
Stimulus Money Pays Fishermen To Snare Lost Nets
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Commercial seafood divers will be paid to collect old fishing nets
A Novel Idea - Privatize the Seas
A Novel Idea - Privatize the Seas
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Many environmental alarms are overstated, but fishery depletion is not
Norway Helps Endangered Eel
Norway Helps Endangered Eel
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Norwegian fisheries regulators in a landmark decision have banned all fishing of the critically endangered European eel starting in 2010 and cut 2009 catch quotas by 80 percent
Herring In Need Of Protection?
Herring In Need Of Protection?
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More than 100 fishing, conservation, science and faith-based organizations signed a letter sent Tuesday to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce calling for emergency action to protect river herring...
Banning Certain Fish Gear May Help Coral Reefs
Banning Certain Fish Gear May Help Coral Reefs
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Banning or restricting the use of certain types of fishing gear could help the world’s coral reefs and their fish populations survive the onslaughts of climate change
Didymo Found In New York Stream
Didymo Found In New York Stream
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The Esopus Creek, a legendary Catskill Mountain fly fishing stream that is an integral part of New York City’s vast upstate drinking water system, is one of the latest bodies of water to be...
Nets Disable Minke Whales
Nets Disable Minke Whales
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An injured minke whale has provided a unique insight into the dangers posed to marine animals by fishing gear
Giant Jellyfish
Giant Jellyfish
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Giant jellyfish are taking over parts of the world's oceans as overfishing and other human activities open windows of opportunity for them to prosper, say researchers
New Shark Fishing Rules In Florida?
New Shark Fishing Rules In Florida?
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Florida fisherman this year could face a suite of new shark fishing rules that include a first-ever size limit on sharks they catch in state waters
Manta Rays On Restaurant Menus As Shark Populations Plummet
Manta Rays On Restaurant Menus As Shark Populations Plummet
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Conservationists fear a falling shark population is prompting Asian chefs to look for manta and devil rays to help meet the voracious demand for shark fin soup
Ft. Myers Shark Tournament Changes Its Tune - By Force
Ft. Myers Shark Tournament Changes Its Tune - By Force
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It's that time of year again - shark tournament season. What you can do to help stop these brutal events
Trawlers Are Destroying Historic Shipwrecks
Trawlers Are Destroying Historic Shipwrecks
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The wreck of HMS Victory, a British warship sunk in the English Channel in 1744, is being destroyed by fishing trawlers, according to the American treasure hunters who discovered the site last year
Southeast Asian Reefs Are At Serious Risk, So Are 100 Million People
Southeast Asian Reefs Are At Serious Risk, So Are 100 Million People
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Manado Indonesia is hosting the World Ocean Conference this week. The WWF released a report at the conference on the state of the reefs in the Coral Triangle, the most bio-diverse marine region in...
High Human Impact Ocean Areas Along US West Coast Mapped
High Human Impact Ocean Areas Along US West Coast Mapped
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Climate change, fishing and commercial shipping top the list of threats to the ocean off the West Coast of the United States
Shark Fin Soup? Not On Our Menu
Shark Fin Soup? Not On Our Menu
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"Not On Our Menu" is a superbly produced anti-shark finning video, which urges people to sign a petition, which will be presenting to the United Nations Secretary General on world's Ocean Day June 8th
Is Captive Tuna Breeding The Solution For The Species?
Is Captive Tuna Breeding The Solution For The Species?
NEWS
In a world first, Port Lincoln company Clean Seas Tuna has successfully reared southern bluefin tuna in captivity.
Sawfish Slaughter In Australia
Sawfish Slaughter In Australia
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Pictures and video have emerged of dozens of sawfish that have been killed by commercial fishermen near the area, south-west of Darwin
New Way To Study Endangered Whale Sharks
New Way To Study Endangered Whale Sharks
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Whale sharks -- giants of the fish world that strike terror only among tiny creatures like the plankton and krill they eat -- are imperiled by over-fishing of the species in parts of its ocean range
Scientists Use DNA To Study Whale Shark Migration
Scientists Use DNA To Study Whale Shark Migration
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Whale sharks -- giants of the fish world that strike terror only among tiny creatures like the plankton and krill they eat -- are imperiled by over-fishing of the species in parts of its ocean range
Help Stop The Reversal Of Shark Protection In Palau
Help Stop The Reversal Of Shark Protection In Palau
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Earlier this month, news surfaced about a bill in Palau's congress that would eliminate the protection of sharks in Palau's waters
Two Tons Of Shark Fins On Taiwanese Boat
Two Tons Of Shark Fins On Taiwanese Boat
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A Taiwanese fishing vessel with nearly two tons of dried shark fins on board was seized at Cape Town harbour
Ban on Bagging Red Snapper
Ban on Bagging Red Snapper
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Regional fishery managers decided Thursday to move ahead with an interim rule that includes a temporary moratorium on red snapper fishing
Maldives Ministry Bans Reef Shark Fishing
Maldives Ministry Bans Reef Shark Fishing
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The ministry of fisheries and agriculture has extended the moratorium on reef shark fishing to cover the whole of the Maldives, as part of a historic move towards a total ban on both reef and...
Historical Photographs Expose Decline in Florida's Reef Fish, New Scripps Study Finds
Historical Photographs Expose Decline in Florida's Reef Fish, New Scripps Study Finds
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Snapshots trace shrinking 'trophy fish' over a generation of sport fishing
OCEANA TV Shows Powerful Images Of Shark Finning
OCEANA TV Shows Powerful Images Of Shark Finning
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The programme "On the alert" dedicates its first episode to the critical situation of sharks, now a target of commercial fishing
Record Number Of Entangled Rare Whales This Winter
Record Number Of Entangled Rare Whales This Winter
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An unprecedented number of North Atlantic right whales have been found tangled in fishing rope this winter off Georgia and Florida
Statistics Paint Grim Picture For Sea Turtles
Statistics Paint Grim Picture For Sea Turtles
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Sea turtles face a variety of perils, from fishing to loss of nesting habitat to collisions with boats
Arctic Sea Partly Closed to Fishing
Arctic Sea Partly Closed to Fishing
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federal fishery panel voted Thursday to close off a large swath of the Arctic sea to commercial fishing
Study: Many Ignore UN Code To Cut Overfishing
Study: Many Ignore UN Code To Cut Overfishing
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Thirteen years after the world rallied to curb overfishing, most nations are failing to abide by the U.N.'s code of conduct for managing fisheries, scientists found
Oceana And Spanish Fisheries Ministry Reach A Deal For Shark Conservation
Oceana And Spanish Fisheries Ministry Reach A Deal For Shark Conservation
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The largest shark fishing country in Europe is in agreement with Oceana on three groundbreaking conservation matters. The upcoming EU Action Plan for Sharks should improve their conservation in Europe
Appetite For Reef Fish Devastating Coral Triangle
Appetite For Reef Fish Devastating Coral Triangle
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The growing appetite for live reef fish throughout Southeast Asia is devastating fish populations in the protected Coral Triangle
Bermuda To Intoduce Longline Fishing?
Bermuda To Intoduce Longline Fishing?
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I found a sad article about Bermuda's plans to introduce long line fishing
Aquaculture is Growing
Aquaculture is Growing
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Aquaculture production of seafood will probably remain the most rapidly increasing food production system worldwide through 2025
Team Frees Whale Tangled in Fishing Lines
Team Frees Whale Tangled in Fishing Lines
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Creature Rescued off Florida Coast Is Member of Critically Endangered Species
Coral Reefs Recovering Quickly From Tsunami Damage
Coral Reefs Recovering Quickly From Tsunami Damage
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Indonesia's coral reefs damaged by the 2004 tsunami are recovering rapidly, helped by natural colonization and a drop in illegal fishing, scientists say
New York Governor Proposes More Fishing Fees
New York Governor Proposes More Fishing Fees
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Fishing off New York's coast would no longer be free and casting your line for trout and salmon would cost more if lawmakers back Gov. David Paterson's plan for new conservation fees next year
NOAA To Create Saltwater Angler Registry In 2010
NOAA To Create Saltwater Angler Registry In 2010
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NOAA's Fisheries Service released its final rule today to create a national saltwater angler registry of all marine recreational fishermen to help the nation better protect our shared marine resources
Let The Big Ones Go!
Let The Big Ones Go!
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Research from the University of Toronto has determined that fisheries keeping the large catch leads to unsustainable fishing, after all a big fish is worth a net of two
Dolphin Population Stunted By Fishing Activities
Dolphin Population Stunted By Fishing Activities
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Despite broad "dolphin safe" practices, fishing activities have continued to restrict the growth of at least one Pacific Ocean dolphin population
Europe's Most Endangered Sharks Slated For Protection
Europe's Most Endangered Sharks Slated For Protection
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Commission releases bold proposals to end all fishing for spiny dogfish,porbeagle and angel sharks, expand protections for rays
North Atlantic Sharks Under Threat
North Atlantic Sharks Under Threat
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A significant amount of Sharks and Rays are under extinction threat from fishing off the North East Atlantic Ocean according to IUCN
One Million Tons of Fish Discarded In The North Sea Annually
One Million Tons of Fish Discarded In The North Sea Annually
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It always saddens me to here these continual reports come through the news wires. Commercial fishing has to be one of the most wasteful practices on earth. So much is by-catch - and it is...
Saimaa Seal - Threatened
Saimaa Seal - Threatened
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Findland's Saimaa seal is under threat by fishing nets and climate change affecting their habitat
A Marine Protected Area Proposed In California
A Marine Protected Area Proposed In California
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A group of Stakeholders and scientists are proposing a new set of MPAs in the Southern California Region.
Scientist Finds Coastal Dead Zones May Benefit Some Species
Scientist Finds Coastal Dead Zones May Benefit Some Species
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Coastal dead zones, an increasing concern to ecologists, the fishing industry and the public, may not be as devoid of life after all
Argentina Bans Commercial Fishing In Important Marine Area
Argentina Bans Commercial Fishing In Important Marine Area
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Argentina banns commerical fishing along a submerged island.
The Cocos Island American Express Members Project
The Cocos Island American Express Members Project
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With its rich marine life, particularly the rich shark populations, Cocos Island, Costa Rica is in dire threat. Underwater photographers Georgene Bradley and Jay Ireland are finalists in the...
Help Protect
Help Protect "Snapper Ledge", Florida Keys
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Our friend Stephen Frink alerted us to a stunning situation in the Florida Keys where nurse sharks are being used for spear fishing target practice. We'd like to request your help by simply signing...
100 Hawkbill Turtles Slaughtered
100 Hawkbill Turtles Slaughtered
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One hundred hawksbill turtles were discovered aboard a Vietnamese fishing boat in Malampaya
Turtles Off Fishing Lines and Hooks
Turtles Off Fishing Lines and Hooks
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Recent studies suggest that fishing with circular hooks significantly reduces turtle bycatch and still ensures productive fishing
In North Carolina Scallops Need Sharks
In North Carolina Scallops Need Sharks
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Cownose rays must be blockaded from oyster beds in order to bring back the oyster population that has been heavily reduced because of shark overfishing.
Vulnerable Taiwan dolphins in danger
Vulnerable Taiwan dolphins in danger
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An environmental group on Wednesday called on Taiwan's government to protect one of the most endangered dolphins in the world
Film of fishermen dumping catch causes uproar
Film of fishermen dumping catch causes uproar
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A British trawler has sparked an international incident after being filmed taking a boatload of endangered fish caught in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and then dumping the majority...
Indian Ocean Tuna Catch Drops
Indian Ocean Tuna Catch Drops
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Tuna catches across the Indian Ocean have fallen sharply in the last two years but experts are split about what is threatening the region
Hi-tech 'Pinger' to Save Dolphins From Fishing Nets
Hi-tech 'Pinger' to Save Dolphins From Fishing Nets
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Conservationists in Cornwall are planning to use a hi-tech sonic device in a battle to save the last group of bottlenose dolphins to swim in English waters
Stricken Boat Off the Coast of Bali Underscores Threats - Unregulated Fishing
Stricken Boat Off the Coast of Bali Underscores Threats - Unregulated Fishing
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This discovery highlights that efforts to prevent illicit fishing activities from occurring have been unsuccessful
Grey Nurse Shark Saved From Gaff
Grey Nurse Shark Saved From Gaff
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A THREE-metre grey nurse shark has had a lucky escape from a slow and painful death after marine experts removed a fishing gaff embedded in its throat yesterday.
Fishing Flotsam Endangers Marine Life
Fishing Flotsam Endangers Marine Life
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But a closer look unveils an ugly truth. The fur seal rookeries of St. Paul are an unintentional dumping ground for tonnes of debris, from plastic bottles and tires to netting and rope in which...
Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament, Martha's Vineyard
Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament, Martha's Vineyard
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Thank you to Shara Teter from the New York Underwater Photographic Society for heading up to Martha's Vineyard to cover the Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament
Fishing Ban Guards Coral Reefs Against Predatory Starfish Outbreaks
Fishing Ban Guards Coral Reefs Against Predatory Starfish Outbreaks
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No-take marine reserves where fishing is banned can have benefits that extend beyond the exploited fishes they are specifically designed to protect, according to new evidence
Caribbean Assassin Decimates Local Fish
Caribbean Assassin Decimates Local Fish
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A life spent swimming in the Caribbean sounds ideal, but good luck convincing the resident fish. Already confronted by overfishing, coral bleaching and increasing amounts of sediment, nitrates, and...
'No-take' Reserve Impact Pest Starfish
'No-take' Reserve Impact Pest Starfish
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Fishing bans set up to protect Australia's Great Barrier Reef are having an impact on one of its most devastating predators, a new study has found
Hundreds of Baby Penguins Found Dead in Brazil
Hundreds of Baby Penguins Found Dead in Brazil
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Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said
Lionfish Decimating Other Tropical Fish Populations, Threaten Coral Reefs
Lionfish Decimating Other Tropical Fish Populations, Threaten Coral Reefs
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The invasion of predatory lionfish in the Caribbean region poses yet another major threat there to coral reef ecosystems
Fishing Ban Brings Seas to Life
Fishing Ban Brings Seas to Life
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Five years without fishing around Lundy Island off the coast of Devon have brought a significant revival in sea life, scientists report
Massive Under-Reporting Of Fish Catches
Massive Under-Reporting Of Fish Catches
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The total amount of fish being caught in the world is significantly under-reported because official statistics do not take into account the substantial catches made by some of the poorest nations...
Half Of US Coral Reefs In 'Poor' Or 'Fair' Condition, NOAA Reports
Half Of US Coral Reefs In 'Poor' Or 'Fair' Condition, NOAA Reports
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Nearly half of U.S. coral reef ecosystems are considered to be in "poor" or "fair" condition according to a new NOAA analysis of the health of coral reefs under U.S. jurisdiction
Fishermen Blamed for Surge in Deaths of Dolphins and Whales
Fishermen Blamed for Surge in Deaths of Dolphins and Whales
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Scientists have reported a surge in the number of dead whales, dolphins and porpoises washing up on Cornish shores after lethal encounters with nets and other fishing gear
Net Gain for Endangered Dolphins
Net Gain for Endangered Dolphins
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The rarest marine dolphin in the world - down to 111 individuals following decades of entanglement in fishing nets - is to receive protection over more of its range from the New Zealand government...
Pirate Fishing Boats Target Africa
Pirate Fishing Boats Target Africa
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Ivory Coast is calling on the United Nations to lift an arms embargo that it says has prevented the defence of its waters from illegal fishing boats
EU Halts Tuna Fishing
EU Halts Tuna Fishing
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Mediterranean tuna ranches are feeling the pinch after the European Union moved to prevent the depletion of fish stocks
In Mediterranean, the Predator Is the Hunted
In Mediterranean, the Predator Is the Hunted
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The Mediterranean Sea, says Francesco Ferretti, is "a very dangerous place for a shark"
Garrett Urged to Suspend Shark Fin Exports
Garrett Urged to Suspend Shark Fin Exports
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The Nature Conservation Council of NSW is calling on the Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to suspend the export of shark fins from Australia
Reef Fish Rebound in 'No-Take' Zones
Reef Fish Rebound in 'No-Take' Zones
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The controversial move to shut out commercial and recreational fishers from vast areas of the Great Barrier Reef has led to a rapid increase in fish populations
Anarchy On The High Seas Under Flags of Convenience
Anarchy On The High Seas Under Flags of Convenience
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The murky system of registering vessels to countries offering flags of convenience (FOC) is fuelling pirate fishing in the world's oceans and risking potentially catastrophic security and safety...
Win a free stay at Misool Eco Resort! Misool Ranger Project
Win a free stay at Misool Eco Resort! Misool Ranger Project
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Montauk Shark Tournament Coverage
Montauk Shark Tournament Coverage
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It was a sad day for sharks, as hundreds were caught and released and the largest of the lot were hauled in, weighed and butchered
Disney Supports Shark Fishing - Tell Them What You Think!
Disney Supports Shark Fishing - Tell Them What You Think!
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This is from an email that I just sent to Disney's investor relations department. I am now publicly posting it as a letter to Bob Iger and the board of directors at The Walt Disney Company. Are you...
US Approves Policy To Prevent Overfishing of Atlantic Sharks
US Approves Policy To Prevent Overfishing of Atlantic Sharks
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NOAA's Fisheries Service today announced a new rule to lower significantly the fishing quotas for sandbar and porbeagle sharks in order to rebuild these depleted species. NOAA also will implement...
Commercial Fishing For Large Sharks In Louisiana Remains Closed
Commercial Fishing For Large Sharks In Louisiana Remains Closed
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Commercial fishing for large coastal sharks in Louisiana will remain closed until at least 2009. A sign of the health of the shark populations worldwide
Why a Jellyfish Surge is Worrying
Why a Jellyfish Surge is Worrying
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The dramatic proliferation of jellyfish in oceans around the world, driven by overfishing and climate change, is a sure sign of ecosystems out of kilter, warn experts
Montauk Shark Tournament- Join Us This Weekend!
Montauk Shark Tournament- Join Us This Weekend!
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Please bring your cameras and join us this Saturday and help cover this horrible event so that it can be broadcast to the world in efforts to create awareness and help save our sharks
Italian Spotter Planes Caught Hunting Bluefin Tuna
Italian Spotter Planes Caught Hunting Bluefin Tuna
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Adding even greater urgency to the call for closure of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery, WWF and Greenpeace denounce new indications of illegal fishing
The Only Benefit Of Rising Oil Prices - Fishing Fleets Strike
The Only Benefit Of Rising Oil Prices - Fishing Fleets Strike
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Many fishing fleets in Europe remained on strike today over soaring fuel prices, but the first cracks in the movement appeared as some workers in Spain voted to end their walkout.
Huge Halibut Removed From The Ecosystem in Norway
Huge Halibut Removed From The Ecosystem in Norway
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It's a shame that the biggest fish in the ocean, who have survived for so long, become trophies and never get thrown back into the ecosystem
Hunters Blamed For Whale Shark Losses
Hunters Blamed For Whale Shark Losses
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Scientists fear Indonesian fishermen hunting whale sharks are responsible for a 40 per cent drop in numbers along the Ningaloo Reef in the past 10 years
Help Prevent Shark Fishing On The Great Barrier Reef
Help Prevent Shark Fishing On The Great Barrier Reef
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During a time when "Australia links organized crime to illegal fishing", the Queensland, Australia Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries is creating a dedicated shark fishery of their own.
Petition: Oppose new shark fishing in the Great Barrier Reef
Petition: Oppose new shark fishing in the Great Barrier Reef
NEWS
Sharks Swim Closer to Extinction
Sharks Swim Closer to Extinction
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More than half of the world's ocean-going sharks are at risk of extinction, a new analysis concludes
Squaring the Diamond Mesh- WWF
Squaring the Diamond Mesh- WWF
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A new report from WWF encourages the switch from the unselective diamond-mesh nets currently used by bottom-trawlers in the Mediterranean to more selective square-mesh nets, sooner than the...
Japanese Whalers Stealing Meat
Japanese Whalers Stealing Meat
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Greenpeace on Thursday accused Japanese whalers of stealing meat from the country's annual research hunt in the Antarctic and selling it on the black market
Giant River Stingrays Found Near Thai City
Giant River Stingrays Found Near Thai City
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This is the seventh story in a continuing series on the Megafishes Project. Join National Geographic News on the trail with project leader Zeb Hogan as he tracks down the world's largest freshwater...
Agency Commits US$63M To Preserve Asia's Coral Triangle
Agency Commits US$63M To Preserve Asia's Coral Triangle
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An international fund that aids sustainable environment projects has committed US$63 million to help preserve Southeast Asia's Coral Triangle from overfishing and climate change.
Safina and Klinger Call For Fishing Moratorium To Prevent Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Extinction
Safina and Klinger Call For Fishing Moratorium To Prevent Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Extinction
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Carl Safina and Dane Klinger call for a five-year moratorium on the possession of bluefin throughout the western Atlantic and the closure of Gulf of Mexico spawning areas.
Major success in the fight against illegal fishing
Major success in the fight against illegal fishing
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Efforts to clamp down on illegal fishing for cod in the Barents Sea are paying off - with a 50% cut in illegal fishing since 2005
Deep-Sea Sharks Wired For Sound
Deep-Sea Sharks Wired For Sound
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Deep-sea sharks have been tagged and tracked and their habitats precisely mapped in world-first research to test the conservation value of areas closed to commercial fishing.
Partnership For Sustainable Oceans Supports Proposal To Protect California's Coastline
Partnership For Sustainable Oceans Supports Proposal To Protect California's Coastline
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Conserving marine resources while minimizing unnecessary closures to recreational fishing - ensuring that sustainable recreational activities will be available to the public now and into the future...
Help Ban Shark Fin Products In Westchester County - Act Now
Help Ban Shark Fin Products In Westchester County - Act Now
NEWS
Westchester County in New York may potentially be the first county in the entire US to enact a ban on shark fins and shark products. It is vital that we show support for this cause. Help set a...
Fish Key to Reef Climate Survival
Fish Key to Reef Climate Survival
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A healthy fish population could be the key to ensuring coral reefs survive the impacts of climate change, pollution, overfishing and other threats
Extinct Seal Tells Of Once-Teeming Caribbean Reefs
Extinct Seal Tells Of Once-Teeming Caribbean Reefs
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Several hundred years ago, the coral reefs of the Caribbean had up to six times more fish than they have today.The estimate is made by US scientists poring over the fate of the Caribbean monk seal,...
Chinook Salmon Vanish Without a Trace
Chinook Salmon Vanish Without a Trace
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The Chinook salmon that swim upstream to spawn in the fall, the most robust run in the Sacramento River, have disappeared
Bloated Mediterranean Tuna Fleet in Race for The Last Bluefin
Bloated Mediterranean Tuna Fleet in Race for The Last Bluefin
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The most comprehensive analysis yet of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fleet shows it conservatively having twice the fishing capacity of current quotas and more than three and a half times the...
Fishery Council Approves Coral Habitat Plan
Fishery Council Approves Coral Habitat Plan
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The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council on Friday approved plans that will ban deep sea bottom trawling from 23,000 square miles of coral habitat
Our Tax Dollars To Support The Decimation of Sharks??
Our Tax Dollars To Support The Decimation of Sharks??
NEWS
Please join us in expressing outrage against Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's request for federal disaster relief to help Florida's shark fishing industry
Microbes Threaten Coral Reefs
Microbes Threaten Coral Reefs
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While fish populations have been decimated by overfishing worldwide, a research team have recently found how the practice can also endanger coral reefs.
Sri Lanka Coral Reef Fisheries Destroyed By Organized Crime
Sri Lanka Coral Reef Fisheries Destroyed By Organized Crime
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Sri Lanka's coastal fisheries and coral reefs are being destroyed by a rapid rise in dynamite blasted 'fishing', with the lucrative practice now exploding into an organized crime involving big...
LSU Researchers Challenge Analyses on Sustainability of Gulf Fisheries
LSU Researchers Challenge Analyses on Sustainability of Gulf Fisheries
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While some recent studies claim that the ecosystem is near collapse, researchers from LSU and the University of Washington say that fish populations in this area have actually fluctuated very...
Hammerhead in Need of Protection
Hammerhead in Need of Protection
NEWS
Over-fishing and demand for shark fins, an expensive delicacy, have pushed one of the world's iconic animals towards the brink of extinction, say experts
Shark Poachng At Cococs Island
Shark Poachng At Cococs Island
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An Imaging Foundation expedition uncovered and documented poaching activity at Cocos Island
Probe Into Killing Of Tiger Sharks
Probe Into Killing Of Tiger Sharks
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Three big tiger sharks from the school well known to the diving community at Aliwal Shoal on the South Coast are suspected to have been illegally captured and killed for meat
Bottom Trawling Impacts, Clearly Visible From Space
Bottom Trawling Impacts, Clearly Visible From Space
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Bottom trawling, an industrial fishing method that drags large, heavy nets across the seafloor stirs up huge, billowing plumes of sediment on shallow seafloors that can be seen from space
Farmed Salmon Decimating Wild Salmon Worldwide
Farmed Salmon Decimating Wild Salmon Worldwide
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The growing global appetite for cheap farmed salmon is imperiling wild fish populations across the planet, scientists warn
New Guide to Reducing Bycatch Goes Online
New Guide to Reducing Bycatch Goes Online
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As a service to the long-term sustainability of both fish stocks and fishing communities, WWF has established an online resource providing up-to-date information on bycatch (the capture of...
Olive Ridley Turtles Dying Due To Negligence
Olive Ridley Turtles Dying Due To Negligence
NEWS
A large number of endangered olive ridley turtles have died on the beaches bordering the Gahiramatha marine sanctuary due to government's failure to curb marine fishing.
Less Fish Out, Means More Nitrogen In
Less Fish Out, Means More Nitrogen In
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Using data provided by the United Nations, researchers found that commercial fishing has played an important, yet declining, role in removing man-made nitrogen from coastal waters.
A Fifth Of World's Fish Landings Are Illegal
A Fifth Of World's Fish Landings Are Illegal
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About a fifth of the world's fish landings are illegal and the proportion is increasing, adding to the global problem of declining fish stocks, scientists have said
Fishing Ban Protects Island Bay
Fishing Ban Protects Island Bay
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A marine conservation area off the Isle of Arran, which campaigners say will protect thousands of species, has been announced by the Scottish Government
Renewed Interest In Turning Algae Into Fuel Generated
Renewed Interest In Turning Algae Into Fuel Generated
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The same brown algae that cover rocks and cause anglers to slip while fly fishing contain oil that can be turned into diesel fuel, says a Montana State University microbiologist
The Stinky Fish of Poor Fishing Practice
The Stinky Fish of Poor Fishing Practice
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Destructive fishing has many critics, with the newest being an animated fish puppet emerging from an icebox to push the virtues of sustainably caught seafood
Rare Juvenile Whale Sharks Sighted in Maharashtra
Rare Juvenile Whale Sharks Sighted in Maharashtra
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Two rare juvenile whale sharks were found trapped in a fishing net off the coast of Niwati in Maharashtra, India
Ocean Waters off California and Oregon on Track for Protection
Ocean Waters off California and Oregon on Track for Protection
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Today the National Marine Fisheries Service, the federal agency in charge of ocean species management, announced that it would examine in detail whether waters off the California and Oregon coasts...
Endangered Dugongs Killed by Driftnets in Abu Dhabi
Endangered Dugongs Killed by Driftnets in Abu Dhabi
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A team of field scientists from the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) discovered two dugongs trapped in an abandoned drift Gillnet, close to Abu Al Abyad Island
Greece Must Act to Replenish Fish Stocks
Greece Must Act to Replenish Fish Stocks
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Greece should immediately set up marine reserves to replenish depleted fish stocks due to overfishing or face a collapse of the industry, Greenpeace said on Thursday
Options for European Shark Plan Revealed
Options for European Shark Plan Revealed
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The Shark Alliance is welcoming the release of the European Commission's consultation document for a Community Plan of Action (CPOA) for Sharks, which, at long last, addresses the plight of sharks...
Penguins in Peril as Climate Warms
Penguins in Peril as Climate Warms
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The penguin population of Antarctica is under pressure from global warming, according to a WWF report. The report, Antarctic Penguins and Climate Change, shows that the four populations of...
Illegal Importation of Coral to NZ
Illegal Importation of Coral to NZ
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Conviction for largest ever illegal importation of coral to NZ 55 year old Charles Yip Mou Lam was convicted in Auckland District Court yesterday for attempting to illegally import 700kg of...
Tanker Spills Oil Off South Korea
Tanker Spills Oil Off South Korea
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A Hong Kong-registered oil tanker leaked 10,810 tons, or 66,000 barrels, of crude oil off South Korea's stormy west coast today, officials said, in what was estimated to be the nation's largest...
Penguins Safely Lower Oxygen to
Penguins Safely Lower Oxygen to "Blackout" Levels
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Emperor penguins may have a supercharged form of a blood protein that allows them to dive underwater for more than 20 minutes on a single breath, a new study suggests. The research showed that...
Cambodia, UN Launch Project to Save Dolphins
Cambodia, UN Launch Project to Save Dolphins
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Cambodia and the UN have launched a joint project aimed at saving endangered Irrawaddy dolphins from extinction, the international body's World Tourism Organization said Tuesday. The Mekong...
Demand for Jellyfish Keeps Olive Ridleys Starving
Demand for Jellyfish Keeps Olive Ridleys Starving
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The rising demand for jellyfish in the overseas market is threatening the survival of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles in Orissa, experts say. Extensive fishing for jellyfish along the Orissa...
Scuba Diving Banned in Cape Coast Abalone Areas
Scuba Diving Banned in Cape Coast Abalone Areas
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In a bid to protect the fast- diminishing perlemoen [abalone] stocks, Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has imposed a ban on scuba diving and snorkelling in areas along the Cape coast....
Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs
Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs
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Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Indonesia's Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing, and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming...
Sharks on Deck: December Brings Shark Conservation Decisions within Europe and Globally
Sharks on Deck: December Brings Shark Conservation Decisions within Europe and Globally
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This month, the Shark Alliance is welcoming a suite of opportunities to secure a brighter future for beleaguered shark species, particularly those within Europe. Through deliberation of EU...
Orissa Coast Littered with Dead Sea Turtles
Orissa Coast Littered with Dead Sea Turtles
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The tranquil Satabhaya coast along the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary has turned into a graveyard for Olive Ridley sea turtles with over a hundred decomposed bodies of these delicate marine species...
Turning A Blind Eye to Bigeye Tuna
Turning A Blind Eye to Bigeye Tuna
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Bigeye tuna are under threat because authorities are failing to recognize the dire extent of overfishing. If protection measures are not put in place, says WWF and TRAFFIC, the tuna stocks are at...
Mediterranean Sharks, Rays Facing Oblivion
Mediterranean Sharks, Rays Facing Oblivion
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The great white shark is among 30 species of sharks and rays fast swimming toward oblivion in the Mediterranean Sea, a new report warns
Russian salmon figures don't add up
Russian salmon figures don't add up
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East Asian countries are importing between 50% and 90% more Russian sockeye salmon than Russia is reporting as caught, according to a new report from WWF and TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring...
Fishing ban needed to save Mediterranean bluefin tuna
Fishing ban needed to save Mediterranean bluefin tuna
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Members of the international body responsible for the management of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea must agree to a moratorium on fishing for this imperilled species or risk the end of a...
Sea Shepherd Perth Hosts Captain Watson
Sea Shepherd Perth Hosts Captain Watson
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Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd staff members, International Director Jonny Vasic and Events & Media Relations Director Kristine Vasic departed for Melbourne November 5th after a successful...
Bluefin tuna overfishing 'still rampant'
Bluefin tuna overfishing 'still rampant'
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Fishermen caught nearly twice their legal quota of critically endangered bluefin tuna in European waters this year despite stocks being in a state of collapse, according to investigators
Call for action to save Wales marine life
Call for action to save Wales marine life
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WWF Cymru is calling on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to include a full Marine Bill in the Queen's Speech to save wildlife in Wales for future generations. The charity has made the plea ahead of...
New reefs to foster fish stocks
New reefs to foster fish stocks
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THREE giant man-made reefs will be built off the NSW coast to boost fish stocks for recreational fishing. The State Government will today announce it will construct the reefs within three...
Even Tiny Plastic Pieces Can Carry Pollution Throughout the Oceans
Even Tiny Plastic Pieces Can Carry Pollution Throughout the Oceans
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To marine biologists, "plastics" is a dirty word. Fish and birds can eat or become tangled in fishing gear or other plastic flotsam. But what about microscopic pieces of plastic in the oceans?...
Iran alarmed by mass dolphin deaths
Iran alarmed by mass dolphin deaths
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The mysterious "mass suicide" of 152 dolphins washed up on Iran's coast over the past month has alarmed environmentalists, with the blame pointed at regional fishing practices, officials said on...
Tuna fishing quota violators targeted in report
Tuna fishing quota violators targeted in report
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Italy, France, Japan and Spain are guilty of the biggest violations of international quotas for bluefin tuna fishing, a report claimed on Wednesday. Countries are assigned fishing quotas by the...
Senate panel approves coral reefs protection bill
Senate panel approves coral reefs protection bill
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Coral reefs would receive stronger protections under a bill the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved today. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawai'i, the bill's sponsor and chairman of the...
Iran ponders mass dolphin 'suicide' mystery
Iran ponders mass dolphin 'suicide' mystery
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Tehran - The mysterious "mass suicide" of 152 dolphins washed up on Iran's coast over the past month has alarmed environmentalists, with the blame being placed on regional fishing practices,...
Humane Society wants to end shark fishing event
Humane Society wants to end shark fishing event
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The Humane Society of the United States is urging organizers of the Destin Fishing Rodeo to permanently end the shark division event after the killing of an 844-pound mako shark. The Humane...
4 more Gulf fish may get protection
4 more Gulf fish may get protection
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As the federal government is set to finalize stricter limits on fishing the Gulf of Mexico's popular red snapper, fisheries regulators are under heightened pressure to rebuild at least four other...
Japanese Tuna Scandal Starts To Bite
Japanese Tuna Scandal Starts To Bite
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THE multibillion-dollar Japanese southern bluefin tuna scandal is worsening under closer Australian Government scrutiny. An official investigation has already found that over 20 years Japanese...
Consensus Declaration On Coral Reef Futures
Consensus Declaration On Coral Reef Futures
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More than 50 scientists of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies today declared the following statements unanimously: uA‚A? We call on all societies and governments to immediately...
Loggerhead Turtles Die By Thousands In Small Fishery
Loggerhead Turtles Die By Thousands In Small Fishery
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Industrial fishing operations take most of the blame for collateral impacts to sea-turtle populations, but new research shows that small-scale fisheries--operated by hand from little open boats...
'Slight Recovery' For Cod Stocks
'Slight Recovery' For Cod Stocks
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The number of young cod in the North Sea has shown a slight rise for the second year in a row, research shows. But the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (Ices) warned that...
UCSC Researchers Helps Mexican Fishermen Save Endangered Sea Creature
UCSC Researchers Helps Mexican Fishermen Save Endangered Sea Creature
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Local News Printer Friendly Version Email Story to a Friend Subscribe Share this Story : delicious digg facebook newsvine October 18, 2007 Santa Cruz UCSC researchers...
Global Warming Good For Greenland?
Global Warming Good For Greenland?
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For some in Greenland these days, the grass is looking greener. Rapid thawing brought on by global warming on the world's largest island has opened up new opportunities for agriculture,...
Novel Fishing Method Finds Rare Fish
Novel Fishing Method Finds Rare Fish
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A novel way of catching fish - stunning them with an electric current - has helped Northern Territory researchers rediscover a rare species. The Lorentz's Grunter (Pingalla lorentzi) was found...
EU Wants To Get Tough On Deep-water Trawlers
EU Wants To Get Tough On Deep-water Trawlers
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Deep-water trawlers that fly a European Union country flag and wish to use huge nets and dredging to scoop up fish from sea beds outside EU waters may soon face far tighter rules that aim to...
Last Rites For A Marine Marvel?
Last Rites For A Marine Marvel?
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Bluefin tuna may just be the coolest fish on the planet. They are big - in fact huge, the biggest weighing more than 800kg and attaining 3m in length. Most amazingly, they have evolved to...
Southern Ocean Guardian Wins WWF Conservation Medal
Southern Ocean Guardian Wins WWF Conservation Medal
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WWF's highest accolade, the Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal, has been awarded to Dr Denzil Miller, Executive Secretary for the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living...
Jellyfish Season To Start Earlier
Jellyfish Season To Start Earlier
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Scientists are predicting that a rise in sea temperatures caused by global warming could mean box jellyfish along the Top End coast will start breeding as early as September. Projections by...
Scientists Call For Drastic Cuts In EU Cod Fishing
Scientists Call For Drastic Cuts In EU Cod Fishing
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Europe's trawlermen should cut back drastically next year on trawling for cod in the North Sea and aim to take less than half their 2006 catch from the sea, a group of international scientists said...
Is Your Seafood Safe? Ask Your Cell Phone
Is Your Seafood Safe? Ask Your Cell Phone
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All the latest research suggests that most healthy Americans should be eating more fish these days, since it's so packed with nutrients. We need the omega 3's and 6's for heart health, anti-aging...
Seven Whale Sharks Rescued Off Veraval Port In Last 4 Days
Seven Whale Sharks Rescued Off Veraval Port In Last 4 Days
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As many as seven whale sharks have been rescued off Veraval coast in the last four days. Between October 7 and October 9, four mid-sea rescue operations were carried out during which four whale...
Namibia Limits Fish Catches
Namibia Limits Fish Catches
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New limits on catches of the endangered Patagonian toothfish, regarded as a culinary delicacy in Japan, have been imposed by a Namibia-based regional fishing organisation. Hashali Hamukuaya,...
Tuna Fishing Kills Endangered Species
Tuna Fishing Kills Endangered Species
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Fishhooks meant to catch tuna in the southern Pacific and Indian Oceans are killing endangered seabirds, as well as sharks and turtles, the WWF conservation group said on Thursday. It estimated...
Penguins Picky About Fishing Trip Buddies
Penguins Picky About Fishing Trip Buddies
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JUST like humans, penguins are choosy about the buddies they take along on fishing trips, new research has found. Penguins at Phillip Island Nature Park, a popular tourist attraction in...
An SOS- Save Our Seas
An SOS- Save Our Seas
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BRITAIN'S seas need urgent legal protection to stop the destruction of underwater habitats and preserve biodiversity, conservationists warn today. WWF-UK says seahorses, basking sharks, turtles...
Malaysia To Make Artificial Reefs From Confiscated Fishing Boats
Malaysia To Make Artificial Reefs From Confiscated Fishing Boats
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Malaysian authorities plan to sink 22 confiscated fishing vessels off the country's western coast to form artificial reefs on the bottom of the South China Sea, the Bernama news agency said on...
Mauritius Scientists Fear Tourism Impact On Coral
Mauritius Scientists Fear Tourism Impact On Coral
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Scientists in Mauritius are warning the Indian Ocean island's ambitious tourism targets will place too much strain on remaining coral. Facing the threats of trade liberalization to its sugar and...
Bodies Of Dolphins Packed In Sacks Found In Bihar
Bodies Of Dolphins Packed In Sacks Found In Bihar
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Bodies of at least half a dozen endangered Ganges river dolphins have been found near a railway track at Hathidah in Bihar's Patna district. The dolphins had been cut into pieces and stuffed into...
Oceana Encourages Activism For Shark Conservation
Oceana Encourages Activism For Shark Conservation
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Oceana encourages activism for shark conservation Published: 05 October, 2007 uA…aˆ?Every Fin Counts!uA‚A? is the slogan for the first European Shark Week, taking place in various aquariums...
California Sea Otters Key To Coastline Ecosystem: Scientists
California Sea Otters Key To Coastline Ecosystem: Scientists
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California's delicate marine environment could be threatened by the declining numbers of sea otters decimated by pollution, commercial fishing, and mysterious brain infections, scientists say....
EU Calls For Immediate Protection Of Irish Coral Reefs
EU Calls For Immediate Protection Of Irish Coral Reefs
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The European Union's executive, the Commission (EC), called for immediate action on Friday to protect endangered coral reefs in the deep waters of Ireland. "On the basis of scientific...
Coral Health Depends On Ecosystem Management
Coral Health Depends On Ecosystem Management
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Coral reefs suffer when the lands above them are disturbed, finds new research by scientists from Hawaii to Australia. Clearcut logging, farming and development lead to erosion and runoff that...
Fishing Ban Protects Largest Coral Reef In The Philippines
Fishing Ban Protects Largest Coral Reef In The Philippines
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Reef fish and other marine species can breathe easier with the introduction of a fishing ban around Apo Reef, the largest coral reef in the Philippines and the second largest contiguous reef in the...
Diving Polar Bear Confirms Inuit Observations
Diving Polar Bear Confirms Inuit Observations
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The Inuit people of the Arctic have always known about it. But no outsiders have witnessed it for 200 years: a polar bear fishing. Not by scooping the fish out of the water like a brown bear - but...
EU Commission Considers Legal Option Over Polish Catches Of Threatened Cod
EU Commission Considers Legal Option Over Polish Catches Of Threatened Cod
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The European Commission said Thursday it was considering legal action to keep Poland from fishing for more threatened cod, saying the country had already caught its allotted share for the year....
'Ridge-to-Reef' Approach Conserves Dominican Republic Biodiversity
'Ridge-to-Reef' Approach Conserves Dominican Republic Biodiversity
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Dominican Republic: On the northwest coast of the Dominican Republic, the Monte Cristi National Park has long enjoyed rich biodiversity and symbiotic natural balance. However, environmental studies...
Philippines Bans Fishing To Revive Biggest Reef
Philippines Bans Fishing To Revive Biggest Reef
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The Philippines has tightened laws banning fishing and collecting of species on the country's largest coral reef to help it recover from near destruction, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature said on...
Sushi Craze Threatens Mediterranean's Giant Tuna
Sushi Craze Threatens Mediterranean's Giant Tuna
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Fishermen like Diego Crespo have trapped the giant tuna swarming into the warm Mediterranean for over 3,000 years, but he says this year may be one of his last. Japanese demand for its fatty...
Chesapeake Bay's Habitats Threatened By Global Warming
Chesapeake Bay's Habitats Threatened By Global Warming
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A new report on the impact of global warming on the Chesapeake Bay calls for a major shift in how land is managed in the bay to protect the nationus most prized hunting and fishing grounds. Weuve...
Declawing Crabs- Not Sustainable
Declawing Crabs- Not Sustainable
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It is a case of one law for vertebrates, and another for invertebrates. In Europe and the US fishermen are allowed to "declaw" edible crabs - remove one, or in the UK, both claws - and...
Fishing Polar Bear Confirms Inuit Legend
Fishing Polar Bear Confirms Inuit Legend
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Inuit people of the Arctic have always known about it, but no outsiders have witnessed it for 200 years: a polar bear fishing. Not by scooping the fish out of the water like a brown bear - but by...
Global Seafood Industry Must Adapt To Demand For uA‹A“greeneru Fish, UN Official Says
Global Seafood Industry Must Adapt To Demand For uA‹A“greeneru Fish, UN Official Says
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The $400-billion global seafood industry has no choice but to adapt to intensifying demand from retailers and consumers for environmentally friendly uA‹A“greeneru fish that are not taken from...
Canada-U.S. Patrol Finds 10 Suspected Drift Netters In North Pacific
Canada-U.S. Patrol Finds 10 Suspected Drift Netters In North Pacific
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A Canada-U.S. aerial patrol identified 10 vessels suspected of illegally fishing with drift nets in the international waters of the North Pacific in September, Canadian Forces officials say....
Man Saves Shark, Sets Him Free
Man Saves Shark, Sets Him Free
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Keiko the killer whale isn't the only sea creature that gets to live free. DeSoto resident Eugene "Snook Dawg" Hoffer, 23, recently did his good deed for the day when he rescued a...
Govt Files 150-Count Suit Against Taiwan Fishing Firm
Govt Files 150-Count Suit Against Taiwan Fishing Firm
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Palau Assistant Attorney General Christopher Hale this week filed a 150-count civil complaint against Palau International Traders Incorporated (PITI), a Taiwan-owned fishing company based in Palau....
Russia Seizes Half Tonne Of Contraband Caviar
Russia Seizes Half Tonne Of Contraband Caviar
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Russian police seized almost half a tonne of contraband caviar worth an estimated $600,000 as it was being smuggled through a military airfield in black rubbish bags, the interior ministry said on...
Conservation Group Calls For Stronger Deep Ocean Protection
Conservation Group Calls For Stronger Deep Ocean Protection
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AS major fishing nations gather today to determine the future of the Northwest Atlantic, members of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) are calling upon states to implement the United...
Fish Disappear From Stressed Philippine Coral Reefs
Fish Disappear From Stressed Philippine Coral Reefs
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Fish species are fast disappearing from Philippine waters as delicate coral reefs, some of the biggest in the world, are destroyed in the archipelago, environmentalists warned Monday....
Horror Stories From 'History Of The Sea'
Horror Stories From 'History Of The Sea'
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In 2005, scientists aboard a research vessel in the northwest Atlantic -- about as far from land as possible -- waited anxiously during the two hours it took their small, remotely operated...
California Officials To Poison Lake To Kill Fish Predators
California Officials To Poison Lake To Kill Fish Predators
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California wildlife officials will risk the ire of many in a fishing community with plans to pour large amounts of poison into the Sierra reservoir to kill a species of predatory fish, according to...
Federal Report Shows Sea Turtle Declines
Federal Report Shows Sea Turtle Declines
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After encouraging gains in the 1990s, populations of loggerhead sea turtles are now dropping, primarily because of commercial fishing, according to a federal review. The report stops short of...
Polish Fishermen Break EU Cod Fishing Ban
Polish Fishermen Break EU Cod Fishing Ban
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Three Polish fishing boats from seaside town of Jastarnia, Poland, have broken a ban introduced by the European Union on cod catching in eastern Baltic Sea. In their storage bunkers Polish...
EU Bans Tuna Fishing As Quotas Breached
EU Bans Tuna Fishing As Quotas Breached
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The European Commission on Wednesday banned bluefin tuna fishing in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean for the rest of the year because of over-fishing and dwindling stocks. The decision...
Malta Unaffected By Ban On Blue Tuna Fishing
Malta Unaffected By Ban On Blue Tuna Fishing
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Malta has not been affected by the European Commission's decision on Wednesday to ban bluefin tuna fishing in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean for the rest of the year because of...
Scientist Delivers Grim Warning Over UK Fish Stocks
Scientist Delivers Grim Warning Over UK Fish Stocks
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LEADING marine conservation biologist warned at the weekend that up to 90 per cent of the fish stocks around the British Isles could disappear within the next 20 years unless there is a radical...
Call To Protect Shark-filled Sea
Call To Protect Shark-filled Sea
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Conservationists are urging the Australian government to protect the Coral Sea, one of its last tropical marine wildernesses. The sea was recently declared a "predator diversity...
Loggerhead Sea Turtles Threatened With Extinction
Loggerhead Sea Turtles Threatened With Extinction
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All loggerhead sea turtle nesting subpopulations in the North Atlantic with trend data available are declining according to a new study released yesterday by the National Marine Fisheries Service...
Loggerhead Sea Turtles Threatened With Extinction: Federal Study Confirms Oceana's Concerns
Loggerhead Sea Turtles Threatened With Extinction: Federal Study Confirms Oceana's Concerns
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Tens of Thousands of Loggerheads Killed Annually By Destructive Fishing Gear Washington (Sept 13, 2007) - All loggerhead sea turtle nesting subpopulations in the North Atlantic with trend data...
Fishing Nations Urged To Protect Newly Discovered Cold-water Corals
Fishing Nations Urged To Protect Newly Discovered Cold-water Corals
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A new WWF study assesses the impact of fishing on three fragile coldwater coral uA…aˆ?hotspotsuA‚A? off the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, providing the scientific basis for...
Discarded Plastic Bags And Other Debris Threaten Marine Life
Discarded Plastic Bags And Other Debris Threaten Marine Life
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Eric Solomon sees the tragedies all the time: birds with their wings and legs tied together with plastic six-pack rings; a sea turtle slowly starving to death with plastic bags filling its stomach;...
Manta Rays Spotted Off The Coast Of California
Manta Rays Spotted Off The Coast Of California
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An unusual sighting occurred on the coast this week when three large manta rays were spotted about eight miles off Dana Point. Brian Woolley, captain of the Sum Fun boat out of Dana Wharf...
Net Threat To Penguins
Net Threat To Penguins
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LITTLE penguins are drowning in large numbers around Tasmania in gill nets, the International Penguin Conference in Hobart heard yesterday. Tasmania's only penguin species was suffering from...
Worldus First Sustainable Tuna Fishery Certified In US
Worldus First Sustainable Tuna Fishery Certified In US
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The worldus first certified sustainable tuna fishery was announced today, a move that could help save one of the worldus most valuable fish u" and the fishing industry that relies on it u" from...
Bluefin Tuna Sanctuary In Western Mediterranean
Bluefin Tuna Sanctuary In Western Mediterranean
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WWF is advocating the immediate establishment of a sanctuary for the imperilled bluefin tuna around the Balearic islands in the western Mediterranean. Along with other international and Spanish...
Basking Shark Plea Following Death In The UK
Basking Shark Plea Following Death In The UK
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Conservationists have appealed to the public to keep their distance from basking sharks after one was found dead and one injured off the Cornish coast. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said a...
Bluefin Tuna Sanctuary Needed To Save Western Mediterranean Stock
Bluefin Tuna Sanctuary Needed To Save Western Mediterranean Stock
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WWF is advocating the immediate establishment of a sanctuary for the imperilled bluefin tuna around the Balearic islands in the western Mediterranean. Along with other international and Spanish...
Bluefin Tuna Ready To Become Dodos Of The Sea
Bluefin Tuna Ready To Become Dodos Of The Sea
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The western Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery in the Gulf of Maine is in danger of collapse, according to University of New Hampshire (UNH) researchers. Further, the team found that the number and...
New Protected Areas To Be Set For Humpback Dolphins
New Protected Areas To Be Set For Humpback Dolphins
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Nakhon Si Thammarat _ Thong Nien, Khanom and Sadej bays will be designated an environmental protection zone to safeguard the habitat of humpback dolphins, Natural Resources and Environment Minister...
Feds Nab Longline Fisherman For Entering Monument Waters
Feds Nab Longline Fisherman For Entering Monument Waters
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The federal government has charged a vessel owner and operator with illegally fishing in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. It's the first time federal authorities have taken such...
Shark Finning In Palau, The Slaughter Continues
Shark Finning In Palau, The Slaughter Continues
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This blog post is from the Alliance Diving Blog, via Dermot Keane, GM of Samus Tours and Founder of the Palau Shark Sanctuary, Palau Micronesia... Just last week around August 15, yet another...
Taiwanese Vessel With Illegal Shark Fins Caught In Palau Waters
Taiwanese Vessel With Illegal Shark Fins Caught In Palau Waters
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A joint Australian-funded operation between Palau, Federated States of Micronesia and the U.S. Navy has intercepted a tuna long-liner within Palauus economic zone waters loaded with illegal shark...
Critics Protest Saco Shark-fishing Tourney
Critics Protest Saco Shark-fishing Tourney
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The Humane Society of the United States and two Maine groups want Saco officials to stop a charity shark-fishing tournament. "It's a carnival. It's a carnival. The sharks are hauled up and...
A Win For Sharks: Fishing Contest On Hold
A Win For Sharks: Fishing Contest On Hold
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A shark-fishing competition off Durban has been called off after protests from scientists and marine conservation groups. The competition was due to start this weekend, with cash prizes for...
TNC Top Ten Threats To Oceans And Coasts In South America
TNC Top Ten Threats To Oceans And Coasts In South America
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The Nature Conservancy released an unprecedented study highlighting the top ten threats to marine conservation in South America. Citing over-fishing as the number one threat, compounded by intense...
Tuna Demand Pressures Wild Stocks
Tuna Demand Pressures Wild Stocks
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Atlantic bluefin tuna swim inside floating tanks that tow wild fish from the waters off Libya to tuna ranches off Sicily, Italy. The environmental group Greenpeace released this image on May 30,...
South Africa: Outcry At Plan To Slaughter Sharks
South Africa: Outcry At Plan To Slaughter Sharks
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Top marine scientists have lashed out at a planned shark-fishing competition off Durban next weekend with one describing it as a return to the "dark days of revenge killing" of the...
Protect Our Sharks, Protect Our Oceans
Protect Our Sharks, Protect Our Oceans
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Humans kill something like 100 million sharks annually. More humans are killed annually by dogs and by falling coconuts than are killed by sharks. At such levels, humanity will certainly survive...
Stop The Harvest Of The Endangered Goliath Grouper In Florida
Stop The Harvest Of The Endangered Goliath Grouper In Florida
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One of our concerned members, Edward Dorson, brought this issue to my attention this week, after he responded to an appeal recently made by underwater photographer Walt Stearns. Somehow the...
Sandbar Sharks Get Some Help
Sandbar Sharks Get Some Help
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Federal fisheries officials are taking additional steps to protect sandbar sharks. A new rule would ban the recreational harvest of sandbar sharks - recognizable by their long pectoral fins -...
Stop the Harvest of the Endangered Goliath Grouper in Florida
Stop the Harvest of the Endangered Goliath Grouper in Florida
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One of our concerned members, Edward Dorson, brought this issue to my attention this week, after he responded to an appeal recently made by underwater photographer Walt Stearns. Somehow the...
Fears For Shark Species As Fin Market Grows
Fears For Shark Species As Fin Market Grows
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A dramatic increase in shark fishing, fuelled by the lucrative shark fin market, is threatening already endangered species along the NSW coast. Long-line fishing methods used by shark fishermen...
Seafood Safety Net Has Holes
Seafood Safety Net Has Holes
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Who will keep our seafood supply safe? Don't count on the US government, because our seafood safety net has holes in it. Remember that Chinese seafood scandal? The one where some dangerous...
Call For Renewed Conservation Efforts Following Basking Shark Landing
Call For Renewed Conservation Efforts Following Basking Shark Landing
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THE Shark Alliance says it was on the scene for yesterday's fish market display of a six metre, two-ton, female basking shark, which it claims was landed illegally on Tuesday night in Zeebrugge,...
Rare Albino Shark Rules Deep
Rare Albino Shark Rules Deep
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PERHAPS this is the English shark that had our northern cousins in a cold sweat last week - after all, it's white, bloated and sports a set of decidedly dodgy teeth. This rare albino grey nurse...
Sign A Petition To Reinstate The Shark Fin Ban In Ecuador
Sign A Petition To Reinstate The Shark Fin Ban In Ecuador
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Sign a Petition to Reinstate the Shark Fin Ban in Ecuador. Last week we ran a story from The Guardian (UK): Hundreds of sharks have been slaughtered daily off the coast of Ecuador since a ban on...
Fishermen Ready To Tackle Goliath
Fishermen Ready To Tackle Goliath
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One of Florida's largest sea creatures could be fished once again, although it remains critically endangered in many parts of the world. The Goliath grouper has been protected from fishing since...
Ecologists Hit Out At Ecuador For Legalising Shark Fin Sales
Ecologists Hit Out At Ecuador For Legalising Shark Fin Sales
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Hundreds of sharks have been slaughtered daily off the coast of Ecuador since a ban on the sale of fins was lifted last week, prompting warnings of ecological disaster. Fishing boats have returned...
Census Of Marine Life Historians Detail Collapse Of Bluefin Tuna
Census Of Marine Life Historians Detail Collapse Of Bluefin Tuna
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Ocean historians affiliated with the Census of Marine Life have painted the first detailed portrait of a burst of fishing from 1900 to 1950 that preceded the collapse of once abundant bluefin tuna...
Shark Tournament Not Without Controversy
Shark Tournament Not Without Controversy
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After a five-year absence, the Heritage Days shark fishing tournament is making a comeback on Saturday, drawing interest from fishermen and animal rights activists alike. Everyone is excited,...
Whale Rescue Operation Resuming
Whale Rescue Operation Resuming
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Rescuers on board a number of small boats had banged steel pipes to create underwater sound waves in a bid to lure the whale out of the harbour. After three attempts they failed to lead the...
Cold Leads To Coral Reef Bleaching
Cold Leads To Coral Reef Bleaching
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Coral ecosystems are being imperiled at regional to global scales by over fishing, climate change, disease, and exposure to excess sediments, nutrients and contaminants. Scientists believe that...
Research Needed On Imperiled Coral Ecosystems
Research Needed On Imperiled Coral Ecosystems
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Coral ecosystems are being imperiled at regional to global scales by over fishing, climate change, disease, and exposure to excess sediments, nutrients and contaminants. Scientists believe that...
Fishing Restraints Save Species
Fishing Restraints Save Species
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California Fish and Game Commission recently voted to close approximately 200 square miles of coastal waters and declared them off-limits for fishing this summer. This ocean protection plan...
Morocco Cracks Down On Illegal Fishing
Morocco Cracks Down On Illegal Fishing
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The Moroccan government has brought into force a tough law that will punish fishermen who continue to use driftnets in its waters. WWF congratulates Morocco on this strong action against illegal...
DVD: The Ultimate Jacques Cousteau
DVD: The Ultimate Jacques Cousteau
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This is the ultimate pig-out for couch divers - 3,820 minutes of Cousteau and friends from the 80s and 90s. This period takes us through a resurgence in Cousteau film-making, with his two sons...
WWF Launches Bid To Save Southern Africa Fisheries
WWF Launches Bid To Save Southern Africa Fisheries
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Fisheries in southern Africa face further decline unless a new approach to fishing is adopted, the World Wildlife Fund said on Wednesday at the launch of a report aimed at protecting the region's...
Morocco To Prohibit Driftnets By 2009
Morocco To Prohibit Driftnets By 2009
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OCEANA has commended the Moroccan government for approving a law that establishes a series of sanctions and compensations within the plan to eliminate the use of driftnets in their waters, and...
NOAA Proposes Stringent Limits To Sandbar Shark Fishing
NOAA Proposes Stringent Limits To Sandbar Shark Fishing
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NOAA Fisheries Service is proposing that commercial and recreational fishing for sandbar sharks be significantly reduced and limited to only those commercial vessels that take part in a shark...
Catch-Release Angling Injures Fish
Catch-Release Angling Injures Fish
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Catch and release fishing seems like a win win-situation, with recreational anglers experiencing the thrill of a catch, while their prey can, in theory, swim safely away. But that's not always...
Ecuador Lifts Ban On Sale Of Shark Fins
Ecuador Lifts Ban On Sale Of Shark Fins
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Ecuador's president overturned a ban on the sale of shark fins, which are popular in Asia, but stipulated they can only be sold if the sharks are caught by fishermen accidentally. In a...
2007 WildAid Shark Report
2007 WildAid Shark Report
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As shark populations plummet worldwide, Marine Reserves are the new target of illegal fisheries. Many of the world's marine protected areas, such as the Galapagos Islands and Cocos Islands, are...
Divers, Villagers Join Forces To Rebuild Reefs
Divers, Villagers Join Forces To Rebuild Reefs
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Experienced volunteer divers, along with the assistance of local villagers, have constructed an artificial reef in the Sunda Strait under the Build Your Own Reef project organized by the World...
Best Practices In US Fisheries
Best Practices In US Fisheries
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How can we make US fisheries work? What does success look like? Do we care most about fish, fishermen, or industry infrastructure? These questions and more are up for debate at a meeting in...
Stop Shark Fishing in Tobago
Stop Shark Fishing in Tobago
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"In recent weeks a fishing boat has been coming into Speyside in Tobago and shark fishing off little Tobago. This kind of targeted fishing is indiscriminate. They are catching sharks of all...
Turtles, Dolphins Continue To Wash Ashore In Phuket
Turtles, Dolphins Continue To Wash Ashore In Phuket
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A green turtle weighing about 5.7 kilograms was found at Le Phang Beach at about 9 am Tuesday. Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong, a biologist at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC), told the...
Will Your Children's Children Eat Enough Fish?
Will Your Children's Children Eat Enough Fish?
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Just when everyone got used to the product, frozen packaged flyingfish fillets imported from Tobago, so convenient and so easy to prepare, they seemed to have disappeared from supermarket freezer...
Coral Reef Fish Need Decades Or Longer To Recover
Coral Reef Fish Need Decades Or Longer To Recover
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In the longest running study on how fish populations in coral reef systems recover from heavy exploitation, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and others have found that the...
Sea Shepherd Founder Paul Watson Wins Amazon Peace Prize
Sea Shepherd Founder Paul Watson Wins Amazon Peace Prize
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Founder Captain Paul Watson has been awarded the Amazon Peace Prize for his work on behalf of the environment and marine species of Latin America. While in Quito...
Firms Want Eaters Hooked On Shark Meat
Firms Want Eaters Hooked On Shark Meat
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In recent but more barbaric times, sharks caught as a by-catch of a tuna haul had their dorsal fins sliced off and were dumped back into the sea for a slow and agonizing death. While the fins...
New Whale-Safe Lobster Fishing Requirements In Maine
New Whale-Safe Lobster Fishing Requirements In Maine
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A legal settlement announced Tuesday will let Maine lobstermen know early this fall whether they will be forced to spend thousands of dollars for new whale-safe gear and change their traditional...
Basking Shark Stranded After Being Caught In Illegal Drift Net
Basking Shark Stranded After Being Caught In Illegal Drift Net
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Drift netting is believed to be responsible for the stranding of a large basking shark found dead on a Kerry beach. The three-metre long female shark - they grow to up to three times that...
Stop Shark Fishing In Tobago
Stop Shark Fishing In Tobago
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"In recent weeks a fishing boat has been coming into Speyside in Tobago and shark fishing off little Tobago. This kind of targeted fishing is indiscriminate. They are catching sharks of all...
Final Submissions In Shark Protection Case
Final Submissions In Shark Protection Case
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Final submissions are expected to be heard today in a court case aimed at protecting grey nurse sharks. The Nature Conservation Council's Megan Kessler says the main threat to the sharks is...
Some Sharks Nearly Wiped Out
Some Sharks Nearly Wiped Out
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Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science said the presence of sharks in the state's coastal waters should not surprise or alarm people. Dean Grubbs, a researcher at VIMS, directs...
How To Save The World's Oceans From Overfishing
How To Save The World's Oceans From Overfishing
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Global fishing stocks are in trouble. After expanding from 18 millions tons in 1950 to around 94 million tons in 2000, annual world fish catch has leveled off and may even be declining....
Canadian Navy Stages Rescue For Trapped Humpback Whale
Canadian Navy Stages Rescue For Trapped Humpback Whale
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They called it Operation Free Willy, of course. A Canadian warship freed a humpback whale that was entangled in fishing gear on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland on Wednesday. HMCS St. John's...
Cod Farming Replacing Cod Fishing?
Cod Farming Replacing Cod Fishing?
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Hold onto your nets. As wild cod disappear from our oceans, farmed cod are being rushed to market to fill the seafood gap. We've seen the results, good and bad, as farmed salmon replaced wild...
Dubai - Hamour Danger
Dubai - Hamour Danger
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Fans of UAE diet staple the Hamour fish could be left feeling hungry if action is not taken to protect it from over-fishing, according to Dubai environmentalists. EWS-WWF has categorised the...
Iceland slashes cod quotas
Iceland slashes cod quotas
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The Icelandic government said on Friday it would cut cod fishing quotas by 30 percent - a move expected to dampen economic growth - to replenish dangerously low fish stocks. Slashing the quotas...
Save Mexico's Reefs From Hookah Fishing
Save Mexico's Reefs From Hookah Fishing
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The Sea of Cortez needs our help and we only have until July 8th. That is when the public comment time will be over in Mexico City. Officials there are determining the very future of the Sea of...
Between A Reef And A Hard Place: Tourist Chiefs Battle To Save World's Coral
Between A Reef And A Hard Place: Tourist Chiefs Battle To Save World's Coral
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GREEN sea turtles, cascades of glittering reef fish, blooming coral pillars - countless travellers have come nose to nose with a thriving undersea universe while on holiday. But increasingly,...
What Is The Status Of Sea Turtle Protection Efforts?
What Is The Status Of Sea Turtle Protection Efforts?
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Given their tenuous existence, sea turtles are considered by many environmentalists as ambassadors for the worldus troubled oceans. They have graced the seas for more than 200 million years and...
U.S. Accuses Europe Of Overfishing Tuna In Atlantic
U.S. Accuses Europe Of Overfishing Tuna In Atlantic
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Europeans may claim a leadership role in fighting global warming, but they get black marks from environmentalists u" and even from Washington u" for failing to control their fishing fleets in the...
Restoring The Health Of Gulf Of Mexico Fisheries
Restoring The Health Of Gulf Of Mexico Fisheries
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Contrary to what your mother told you, there are only so many fish in the sea. And, while most people recognize that the oceanus bounty is central to our very survival, we have failed to recognize...
Rare White Whale Seen
Rare White Whale Seen
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Record numbers of humpback whales are on their annual migration up Australia's east coast, including the rare white whale Migaloo, scientists say. Migaloo, whose Aboriginal name means...
Saving Coral Reefs Becomes A Tourism Priority
Saving Coral Reefs Becomes A Tourism Priority
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sea turtles, cascades of glittering reef fish, blooming coral pillars u" countless travelers have come nose to nose with a thriving undersea universe while on vacation. But increasingly, divers and...
Coral Reef Tourism Protects Its Pot Of Gold
Coral Reef Tourism Protects Its Pot Of Gold
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The destruction of nature's beautiful underwater kingdoms by coastal development, shore runoff and fishing techniques has seen the tourism industry increase conservation efforts. Green sea turtles,...
Uganda: Fish Species Declining
Uganda: Fish Species Declining
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There is an alarming decline of fish species in the country's lakes, a study by the National Fisheries Resources Research Institute has revealed. Jonna Kamanyi, a principal research officer,...
Double Catch Heralds Summer Whaling
Double Catch Heralds Summer Whaling
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Workers in the quiet Japanese fishing village of Wada carved up two whales on Thursday, signalling the start of the summer whaling season despite international protests. Japan in May threatened...
Officials Trying To Save Coral Reef Off Coast Of Florida
Officials Trying To Save Coral Reef Off Coast Of Florida
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Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine. It is not sunken treasure or a Spanish galleon, but rather nature's bounty: rows of coral reefs that generate...
Domestic Farmed Fish Go Under The Microscope
Domestic Farmed Fish Go Under The Microscope
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It's been in the news quite a bit in recent weeks: Much of imported farmed seafood is unsafe. And, the skyrocketing demand for fresh seafood has pushed many wild fisheries into crisis mode. And...
Pacific Fishery Expansion Denied
Pacific Fishery Expansion Denied
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Responding to concerns by scientists and conservation groups, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) affirmed protections for critically endangered leatherback sea turtles in California...
Shark Tourneys Should Be Extinct
Shark Tourneys Should Be Extinct
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With some species on endangered lists, others depleted, it's time to end the big- money killing orgies. What will they hunt when the sharks are gone? Which will be the next species pursued...
Caribbean Turtles Said Threatened By Catches, Trade
Caribbean Turtles Said Threatened By Catches, Trade
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Turtles in the Caribbean are under threat from over-fishing and illegal trade, with almost all eggs laid in Guatemala taken by humans, a wildlife trade monitoring network said on Tuesday....
Humane Society Targets Eastern Shore Shark Tournament
Humane Society Targets Eastern Shore Shark Tournament
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The nation's largest animal rights group wants to end the Ocean City Shark Tournament, saying shark fishing techniques are barbaric and the tournament harms dwindling populations of thresher, blue...
Bluefin Tuna Quotas Doubled
Bluefin Tuna Quotas Doubled
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EU ministers have voted to allow fishing for critically endangered bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic at twice the level which scientists say will lead to the collapse of...
Scientists Urge North Sea Cod Ban
Scientists Urge North Sea Cod Ban
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A total ban on North Sea cod fishing has been called for by a group of marine scientists, ahead of EU talks. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) also recommends major...
Divers Launch Red Sea Turtle Conservation Project
Divers Launch Red Sea Turtle Conservation Project
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A team of diving instructors in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh has launched a new sea turtle conservation scheme to help protect the area's turtle population. The Red Sea Turtle...
Fishing 'destabilises Black Sea'
Fishing 'destabilises Black Sea'
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Excessive fishing in the Black Sea has triggered major changes in the marine ecosystem, scientists suggest. The collapse of fish stocks altered the sea's food chain, triggering a "regime...
Australian Conservationists Fight For Grey Nurse Shark Protection In Court
Australian Conservationists Fight For Grey Nurse Shark Protection In Court
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The Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) on Monday resumed legal action calling for 18 strict no-fishing zones to be introduced along the NSW coast, amid fears the shark could be wiped out....
Inky Humboldt Squid Make Unpredictable Appearance
Inky Humboldt Squid Make Unpredictable Appearance
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The inky and unpredictable Humboldt Squid is back in big numbers in the coastal waters of Orange County. The sizable cephalopods, which can weigh 30 pounds or more, appear and disappear off the...
Alarming Increase In Pacific Illegal Fishing
Alarming Increase In Pacific Illegal Fishing
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A dramatic increase in the number of sightings of unauthorised fishing vessels in the western and central Pacific Ocean in the last three months is alarming fisheries officials meeting in...
EU To Ban Bluefin Tuna Fishing
EU To Ban Bluefin Tuna Fishing
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The European Commission is preparing to ban fishing for bluefin tuna within EU waters to save the species from extinction. The failure of France, Italy and Spain to observe EU limits on tuna...
New Law May Threaten Indian Marine Life
New Law May Threaten Indian Marine Life
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New Delhi - A planned law on Indian coastal management threatens marine ecosystems and the livelihoods of thousands of fishermen by favouring development over conservation, experts and activists...
Shark Law's Problem Is 'bycatch' Loophole
Shark Law's Problem Is 'bycatch' Loophole
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Mexico's NOM-0-29 seems positive on the surface, but some question whether it sufficiently protects fish such as marlin, sailfish and dorado that have been off-limits to commercial fishermen....
Oceana Fishery Research Vessel Attacked By Fleet Of Illegal French Driftnetters
Oceana Fishery Research Vessel Attacked By Fleet Of Illegal French Driftnetters
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Early Monday morning, a group of seven French driftnetters carried out a concerted attack on the Oceana Ranger fishery research vessel. The vessel was on its second week of research recording...
Sharks At Risk As Traditions Decline
Sharks At Risk As Traditions Decline
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Weather disasters, economic pressures and other problems have disrupted the lives of Pacific Islanders near Australia to the point that they too are now mismanaging their natural resources. This...
Illegal Boats Caught In Australian Waters
Illegal Boats Caught In Australian Waters
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A total of 49 foreign fishermen, allegedly caught fishing illegally in waters off northwestern Australia, have been taken to Darwin. The men, understood to be Indonesian, were on six fishing...
Call To Ban Shark Finning At Sea
Call To Ban Shark Finning At Sea
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Fisheries should be banned from cutting fins off sharks while still at sea, to stem a dramatic decline in their populations, scientists and conservationists warned yesterday. The move would close...
Marine Reserves Could Save Coral Reefs (Duh!)
Marine Reserves Could Save Coral Reefs (Duh!)
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Threatened coral reefs could be given a helping hand by establishing marine reserves, according to a research team led by the University of Exeter. Marine reserves have already proved to be a...
Empty Nets As Tide Turns On Asia's Fishermen
Empty Nets As Tide Turns On Asia's Fishermen
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The old adage 'there are plenty more fish in the sea' no longer rings true for Malaysian fisherman Shafie Said. "These days, we have to go farther offshore and into deeper waters to...
Bite Back - Drift Nets
Bite Back - Drift Nets
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New evidence has been produced showing that Italian fishermen are still using drift nets in the Mediterranean more than five years after they were outlawed in Europe. Drift nets were banned because...
Sea Turtles Led To Deaths By Fishing Lights
Sea Turtles Led To Deaths By Fishing Lights
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Endangered loggerhead turtles snared by longline fishermen may be inadvertently lured to the hooks because of an attraction to light sticks designed to attract tuna and swordfish, researchers said....
More On Bottom Trawling Ban - Great News
More On Bottom Trawling Ban - Great News
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A landmark agreement has been reached to end high seas bottom trawling, one of the world's most destructive fishing practices, in nearly a quarter of the world's oceans. The deal, made at an...
Basking Shark In Danger Of Extinction
Basking Shark In Danger Of Extinction
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Canada's giant basking sharks face extinction because of government measures decades ago to stop them disrupting salmon fishing, an official committee on threatened species said on Tuesday....
Dead Sharks Found After Fishing Contest
Dead Sharks Found After Fishing Contest
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Shark conservationists are outraged by the killing of at least one and possibly two protected great whites on the southern Cape Coast, apparently during a fishing competition. The competition...
South Pacific To Stop Bottom Trawling
South Pacific To Stop Bottom Trawling
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A quarter of the world's oceans will be protected from fishing boats which drag heavy nets across the sea floor, South Pacific nations have agreed. The landmark deal will restrict bottom...
U.S. can't alter 'dolphin-safe' tuna rules -court
U.S. can't alter 'dolphin-safe' tuna rules -court
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The U.S. government has arbitrarily and capriciously sought to ease rules for foreign fisherman on "dolphin-safe" tuna, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Friday in upholding current...
Glow Sticks May Lure Sea Turtles To Death
Glow Sticks May Lure Sea Turtles To Death
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The same glow sticks that lighten up raves and Halloween may be tempting thousands of sea turtles to their deaths, a new study says. Used to attract fish to hooks on miles-long lines, the...
A Tale About Sharks
A Tale About Sharks
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Some folks are quick to give sharks a bad rep without considering their importance as top feeders in the marine food web. But when we remove these so-called lions of the ocean from their habitat...
Largest Mako Ever Taken From The Oceans - What A Shame
Largest Mako Ever Taken From The Oceans - What A Shame
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A 1,063-pound mako shark hooked close to shore in the Gulf of Mexico is being investigated as a possible world fishing record. The Sea Ya Later II was cobia fishing when its crew spotted the...
The Lord Of The Rocks
The Lord Of The Rocks
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In September 2006, a spearfishing enthusiast was free-diving in 8m of water, a half-mile off the Florida Keys. He trained his spear gun on a very large grouper, pulled the trigger and speared it....
South Africa: Commercial Fishing Under Way In Protected Areas
South Africa: Commercial Fishing Under Way In Protected Areas
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Commercial fishing is being carried out within five of South Africa's declared marine protected areas (MPAs), the department of environmental affairs conceded. "Commercial fishing is...
Study Finds Island Fishing Unsustainable Everywhere
Study Finds Island Fishing Unsustainable Everywhere
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Most of the world's island countries overfish their coral reefs and many will likely see their sole source of protein disappear within a few decades, says a new report. The study of 49 island...
8 Million Sharks Killed Accidentally Off Africa Yearly
8 Million Sharks Killed Accidentally Off Africa Yearly
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At least 7.8 million sharks are killed off southern Africa each year by hooks intended for other animals, a new study says. Accidentally caught animals, or bycatch, also include some 34,000...
How Anglers Are Killing The Grey Nurse Shark
How Anglers Are Killing The Grey Nurse Shark
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Some legal action to push the Australian government to do more about the conservation of Grey Nurse Sharks than just announcing the fact is is now critically endangered is underway at the moment....
Shark Dead In Fishing Net In Red Sea Marine Park
Shark Dead In Fishing Net In Red Sea Marine Park
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A hammerhead shark was discovered lying dead in fishing nets in a designated marine park off Hurghada in the Egyptian Red Sea by divers this week. A technical diving instructor and his three...
Basking Shark Rescued Off Cornish Coast
Basking Shark Rescued Off Cornish Coast
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A basking shark was found close to death after it was entangled in a fishing net off Britain's Cornish coast. The 12-foot shark recovered quickly after it was cut free, The Times of London said...
Study Finds When Sharks Disappear, So Do Shellfish
Study Finds When Sharks Disappear, So Do Shellfish
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A team of Canadian and American scientists says that the overfishing of large sharks has led to an explosion of small predators that are devastating populations of shellfish. VOA's David McAlary...
'Landmark' Marine Life Plan Passes In California
'Landmark' Marine Life Plan Passes In California
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One of the nation's most ambitious plans to protect marine life was approved Friday when a state panel voted to ban or restrict fishing across more than 200 square miles of water off Central...
Species Falling Victim To Benguela Butchery
Species Falling Victim To Benguela Butchery
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South African vessels account for about 500 of the estimated 33 850 seabirds killed a year during long-line fishing operations in the Benguela Current ecosystem. About 200 of these are taken on...
Longline Fishing Kills Large Quantities Of Sharks, Sea Birds, Turtles
Longline Fishing Kills Large Quantities Of Sharks, Sea Birds, Turtles
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More than seven million sharks and skates are killed every year as an unintended consequence of longline fishing off the west coasts of South Africa, Namibia and Angola, a report by environmental...
Long Lines Return To California Coast
Long Lines Return To California Coast
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A recommendation that a single longline swordfishing boat be allowed to operate off the California and Oregon coasts next fall has drawn criticism from a conservation group that believes longline...
Save The Sharks
Save The Sharks
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In August 1999, I was a 19-year-old photographer on assignment to photograph sharks in the Galapagos Islands. Instead of filming the creatures in all their majesty, I wound up releasing dying...
Deadly Longline Fishing Can Return To California
Deadly Longline Fishing Can Return To California
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For 30 years, California has had a ban on longline swordfish fishing because of the risks to other marine animals, including the endangered leatherback sea turtle. On Friday, that ban will be in...
Loss Of Coral May Cause Food Supply Crisis
Loss Of Coral May Cause Food Supply Crisis
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More than half of the tropical coral reefs in the world where governments collect data on fishing levels are being degraded beyond repair, according to a global survey of reef fisheries. The...
Ten Vietnamese Fishermen 'Caught In The Act' Of Shark Finning Off Palawan
Ten Vietnamese Fishermen 'Caught In The Act' Of Shark Finning Off Palawan
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Personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) arrested 10 Vietnamese fishermen who were caught poaching within the Philippine waters off an island in Balabac, Palawan, aboard a...
Fifty-Fifty, Or The Tuna Gets It!
Fifty-Fifty, Or The Tuna Gets It!
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With a month to go before the start of the 2007 fishing season for Mediterranean bluefin tuna, WWF is asking the European Union to hold back half its fishing quota or watch the stock collapse....
Overfishing Large Sharks Impacts Entire Marine Ecosystem
Overfishing Large Sharks Impacts Entire Marine Ecosystem
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Fewer big sharks in the oceans mean that bay scallops and other shellfish may be harder to find at the market, according to an article in the March 30 issue of the journal Science, tying two...
A Recipe For Ending Illegal Fishing In The Baltic Sea
A Recipe For Ending Illegal Fishing In The Baltic Sea
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Knowing where the cod on your plate comes from could dramatically reduce illegal fishing in the Baltic Sea. WWF research shows that introducing a system where fish can be traced from "sea...
Malaysian Cops Seize 71 Turtles Bound For China
Malaysian Cops Seize 71 Turtles Bound For China
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Malaysian marine police have detained 15 men believed to be from China's Hainan island after they found 71 sea turtles - almost all dead and preserved - on board their boat in waters off the...
Dolphin Numbers Still Low Despite "Safe" Tuna Fishing, Experts Say
Dolphin Numbers Still Low Despite "Safe" Tuna Fishing, Experts Say
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Spotted and spinner dolphin populations in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean have yet to recover, despite nearly 20 years of friendlier tuna fishing practices, researchers say. But no one is...
Free-diving To A Healthy Living
Free-diving To A Healthy Living
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There is a lot more to free-diving than just holding your breath under water and once you learn the right way to do it, it can open up a whole new world to you for underwater photography, spear...
Anglers Prepare For End Of Bottomfishing In Hawaii
Anglers Prepare For End Of Bottomfishing In Hawaii
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In a marine area nearly the size of California, stretching northwest from the main Hawaiian islands, a handful of anglers still ply the waters, hooking seabass and snappers during trips that last...
Video: Sperm Whale Attacks Fishing Boat In Japan
Video: Sperm Whale Attacks Fishing Boat In Japan
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A large sperm whale attacked a fishing boat at Uwajima bay, central Japan. It begs the question - what did these guys do to piss off this whale??
Coast Guard Seizes Mexican Fishing Boat
Coast Guard Seizes Mexican Fishing Boat
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The U.S. Coast Guard seized a Mexican fishing boat carrying tons of shark and an undisclosed number of shark fins after the vessel was spotted Sunday allegedly poaching 11 miles inside U.S....
Shark Slaughter In Yemen
Shark Slaughter In Yemen
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Marine environmental group Project AWARE foundation has appealed to the Yemeni government to take action against shark fishing, after it received reports about systematic shark slaughter taking...
Commercial Fishing - Billions Of Pounds
Commercial Fishing - Billions Of Pounds
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One hundred and ninety billion pounds of fish; 190,000,000,000 pounds a number so large as to be virtually incomprehensible yet, according to recent statistics, one hundred and ninety billion...
Mexico Passes Shark Finning Ban
Mexico Passes Shark Finning Ban
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In a surprising move, the Mexican government has recently published sweeping new regulations and protections for sharks, including a shark finning ban, an extension of the moratorium on new...
WWF Launches Marine Protection Campaign In The Southern Ocean
WWF Launches Marine Protection Campaign In The Southern Ocean
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With the official launch of the International Polar Year today, WWF is looking to stop unsustainable fishing, marine pollution and climate change in the Southern Ocean. In particular, the global...
Authorities Check Fishing Vessels In Suriname, Japan
Authorities Check Fishing Vessels In Suriname, Japan
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Under the auspices of the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Suriname's Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries has conducted inspections on fishing trawlers. The vessels were...
Northwest Atlantic Ocean Ecosystems Experiencing Large Climate-Related Changes
Northwest Atlantic Ocean Ecosystems Experiencing Large Climate-Related Changes
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Ecosystems along the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean--from the Labrador Sea south of Greenland all the way to North Carolina--are experiencing large, rapid changes, report...
Climate Changes, Cod Collapse Have Altered North Atlantic Ecosystems
Climate Changes, Cod Collapse Have Altered North Atlantic Ecosystems
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Ecosystems along the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, from the Labrador Sea south of Greenland all the way to North Carolina, are experiencing large, rapid changes, reports...
Scientists Add Shark Species To Endangered List
Scientists Add Shark Species To Endangered List
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Scientists added several species of deep sea sharks on Thursday to the World Conservation Union's (IUCN) endangered Red List due to overfishing. At a meeting in Oxford, England, the...
National Marine Fisheries Service Has The Power To Save Turtles, But Will They?
National Marine Fisheries Service Has The Power To Save Turtles, But Will They?
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These Leatherback Turtles continue to be slaughtered by the Asian Long Line Fishing Fleets every hour of every day. NO one has any control on the operations of these boats. Here in U.S.A. The...
Groups File Suit To Protect Critically Endangered Whales
Groups File Suit To Protect Critically Endangered Whales
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Wildlife protection and ocean conservation groups yesterday sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect three endangered whale species North Atlantic right whales, humpbacks,...
Long-lived Deep-sea Fishes Imperiled By Technology, Overfishing
Long-lived Deep-sea Fishes Imperiled By Technology, Overfishing
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Many commercially prized fish from the depths of the world's oceans are severely threatened by over-fishing and the species' ability to recover is constrained by the fishes' long lifespans and low...
Call For Elimination Of Government Subsidies For Unsustainable High Seas Fisheries
Call For Elimination Of Government Subsidies For Unsustainable High Seas Fisheries
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At a 9 am press conference at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting (AAAS) on February 18th, an international team of leading fisheries economists, biologists, and...
Officials To Remove 1970s Tire Reef / Eco-disaster Off Ft. Lauderdale
Officials To Remove 1970s Tire Reef / Eco-disaster Off Ft. Lauderdale
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An undersea graveyard of discarded tires dumped off Fort Lauderdale in the early 1970s will start to be dismantled this summer to correct a misguided effort to create the world's biggest artificial...
Sea Loch Treasures Surface Rare Flora And Fauna Of The Deep
Sea Loch Treasures Surface Rare Flora And Fauna Of The Deep
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A GLIMPSE of rare treasures of the deep has been captured by scientists studying two of Scotland's best-known sea lochs. Brightly coloured reefs, coral-like beds and dense underwater forests...
Peckish Fish Key To Reef Health
Peckish Fish Key To Reef Health
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Schools of big plant-nibbling fish could protect the Great Barrier Reef from pollution and climate change ... as long as their numbers remain high. Not only would the hard-working fish help...
Plant-grazing Fish Boost Resilience Of Coral Reefs
Plant-grazing Fish Boost Resilience Of Coral Reefs
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By using cages to experimentally control the access of fish to coral reefs, researchers have assessed the role of fish "grazing" in the ability of reefs to successfully recover from...
WWF Launches Fishing Gear Competition To Reduce Marine Bycatch
WWF Launches Fishing Gear Competition To Reduce Marine Bycatch
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WWF has launched its third annual international Smart Gear Competition, seeking new designs for fishing gear that reduces marine bycatch - the accidental catch and related deaths of millions of...
Accidental Whale Kills Prompt Concern
Accidental Whale Kills Prompt Concern
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The death of another critically endangered western grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in Japanese fishing nets has scientists and conservationists concerned for the safety of the species - and...
Hundreds Of Dead Sea Turtles Wash Up In South Asia
Hundreds Of Dead Sea Turtles Wash Up In South Asia
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Nearly a thousand large sea turtles have washed up dead on Bangladeshi and Indian beaches in the Bay of Bengal in recent weeks, officials and activists said on Monday, blaming the deaths on fishing...
Great White Or Bull Takes Chomp Out Of Shrimp Boat
Great White Or Bull Takes Chomp Out Of Shrimp Boat
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It could have been a bull shark that got sucked into the propeller or a maybe even a rogue great white that decided to take a chomp out of Roger Schmall's shrimp boat. Regardless of the cause,...
Turtles And Birdlife At Risk From Long-line Fishing
Turtles And Birdlife At Risk From Long-line Fishing
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Wildlife campaigners are calling for measures to protect sea turtles, cahows and other creatures potentially at risk from long-line fishing vessels. The Ministry of Environment is currently...
Underwater Photographer Creates Awareness For Sharks
Underwater Photographer Creates Awareness For Sharks
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Tom Peschak is a man with an unusual passion: sharks. Say the word to almost anyone and it is likely to elicit an expression of fear, or at best, wary fascination. But for Peschak, marine...
Governments Fail To Stop Tuna Plunder
Governments Fail To Stop Tuna Plunder
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Government members of the world's five tuna regional management organizations, meeting this week in Japan, have failed to agree on an action plan to help reverse the decline in tuna stocks and to...
Japanese Whaling Footage Released
Japanese Whaling Footage Released
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The Government has released defence surveillance footage of a Japanese whaling fleet in the Ross Sea, in an attempt to sway Japanese public opinion over their government's whaling programme. The...
Something Seems Fishy
Something Seems Fishy
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The words "Japan" and "conservation" are being used in the same sentence. Tuna conservation talks began today in Japan to find ways to avoid commercial extinction of tuna species that have been...
Destructive Fishing Practices
Destructive Fishing Practices
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All fishing methods/practices have an impact on the target resource and may affect also non-target species. Many of them also have an impact on the wider aquatic environment. The "normal"...
UK Marine Hotspots Marked For Protection
UK Marine Hotspots Marked For Protection
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A new WWF report identifies for the first time the most important marine locations in the UK in urgent need of protection. "Our seas are becoming busier than ever before due to an increase in...
President Signs Major Oceans Legislation Into Law
President Signs Major Oceans Legislation Into Law
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President Bush today is planning to sign the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act into law. This act, which passed in the waning hours of the 109th Congress,...
Sea Turtle Conservation And Shrimp Imports
Sea Turtle Conservation And Shrimp Imports
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On January 10, 2007, the Department of State certified Madagascar and re-certified Nigeria as meeting the requirements set by Section 609 of P.L. 101-162 for continued importation of shrimp into...
Escalating Threat To The Future Of Scotland's Seas
Escalating Threat To The Future Of Scotland's Seas
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Scotland's marine life could be almost wiped out within 50 years unless tough action is taken to manage the way humans use the seas, a consortium of environmental organisations has warned. They...
Ship Slices Another Endangered Whale
Ship Slices Another Endangered Whale
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A rare North Atlantic right whale was lacerated multiple times and killed by a ship off the Georgia coast last week, causing scientists to again sound the alarm on these endangered creatures....
Rodney Fox And Stan Waterman Shark Talk At The Tennessee Aquarium
Rodney Fox And Stan Waterman Shark Talk At The Tennessee Aquarium
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The Tennessee Aquarium is bringing two of the world's leading experts on sharks to Chattanooga. Rodney Fox and Stan Waterman will tell shark stories and inspire others to see these animals as a...
2007 Declared Year Of The Dolphin
2007 Declared Year Of The Dolphin
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The United Nations has officially declared 2007 the Year of the Dolphin to help raise awareness about the plight of the mammal around the world. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said...
Colombian Navy Trains Its Sights On Shark Hunters
Colombian Navy Trains Its Sights On Shark Hunters
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Anti-drugs taskforce is fighting a new war against the irregular and growing trade in fins. A single bowl of some varieties of shark fin soup can sell for over $150 in top Chinese restaurants....
Taiwan Cuts Its Whale Shark Quota In Half
Taiwan Cuts Its Whale Shark Quota In Half
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Taiwan is cutting its whale shark fishing quota for 2007 in half. A whale shark is the largest shark and fish in the world and the concern of global conservationists. The agriculture council cut...
Search For Companion To Chinese Boat Caught With Protected Species In the Philippines
Search For Companion To Chinese Boat Caught With Protected Species In the Philippines
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Environmental groups and beleaguered rangers of the Tubbataha National Marine Park on Friday challenged President Arroyo to stand firm in the case of a 30-man Chinese crew caught with hundreds of...
Fishing Boat Leaks Fuel Off Midway
Fishing Boat Leaks Fuel Off Midway
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials will resume the cleanup today and assess whether there was any environmental damage from a diesel fuel spill in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge....
Malta Investigating Cause Of Oil Spill Off Taiwanese Coast
Malta Investigating Cause Of Oil Spill Off Taiwanese Coast
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The Malta Maritime Authority (MMA) is investigating the incident that led to a Malta-flagged bulk carrier ship running aground off the Taiwanese coast and spilling some 110 tonnes of fuel, creating...
Global Warming 'may Impact' Bluefin Tuna
Global Warming 'may Impact' Bluefin Tuna
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Home A‚A» World A‚A» Breaking News A‚A» Article Global warming 'may impact' bluefin tuna Email Print Normal font Large font December 25, 2006 - 9:10PM Advertisement AdvertisementBluefin tuna...
Seagrass Decline Indicate Bigger Problems
Seagrass Decline Indicate Bigger Problems
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To many coastal residents, a flowering plant growing in long, open meadows underwater is nothing more than that gross, slimy thing their feet trample when wading or fishing. Fishermen and...
Brazil Probes Dead Fish Washing Ashore
Brazil Probes Dead Fish Washing Ashore
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Brazilian environmental authorities were investigating Monday what caused some 15 tons of dead fish to wash up in a major southern river. Andre Milanez, of the Rio Grande do Sul state...
China To Keep Looking For Likely Extinct Dolphin
China To Keep Looking For Likely Extinct Dolphin
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We covered last week the declaration of the Baiji Dolphin being extinct. Reuters continues the story today...Chinese scientists will continue to search for a rare freshwater dolphin unique to the...
UK Marine Reserve U-turn
UK Marine Reserve U-turn
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Leaked documents suggest the government may make a U-turn on its promise to safeguard marine species in a network of protected 'no-take zones'. Instead of creating a network of fully protected...
South African SMS Service To Help With Choice Of Fish
South African SMS Service To Help With Choice Of Fish
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South African seafood lovers have been offered a cool new tool to make the right choice on what fishes to eat - or avoid. By sending a cellphone SMS, they can check whether the fish species they...
Bush Says U.S. Committed To Strong Fishing Industries
Bush Says U.S. Committed To Strong Fishing Industries
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President Bush said Saturday the country is committed to ensuring strong commercial and recreational fishing, praising legislation that overhauls management of marine fisheries and strengthens...
EU Considers Shocking Fish Proposals
EU Considers Shocking Fish Proposals
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The European Commission proposal for fishing opportunities in 2007 suggests quotas that are too high and, perhaps worse, it reintroduces electric fishing, a method denounced by WWF and banned by...
Australian Navy Granted Power To Shoot At Illegal Fishers
Australian Navy Granted Power To Shoot At Illegal Fishers
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The navy has been given permission to fire at illegal fishing boats that refuse to be apprehended in Australian waters. Under new rules of engagement approved by Defence Minister Brendan Nelson,...
Reef Sharks Threatened By Hunger For Soup
Reef Sharks Threatened By Hunger For Soup
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Southeast Asia's voracious appetite for shark fin soup may be contributing to a dramatic drop in the number of reef sharks in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, a marine scientist says. Dr Sean...
Illegal Fishers Fall
Illegal Fishers Fall
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The Task Force Bantay Dagat here again scored against illegal fishing after arresting 16 fishermen engaged in dynamite fishing. Sun.Star Network Online's 12th Asean Summit Watch Those...
Thai Fisherman Arrested With Protected Species
Thai Fisherman Arrested With Protected Species
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Rawai sea gypsy Taweelert Harntalay, 39, was caught with a boat load of protected fish while fishing off Koh Bon on Saturday. He was arrested by Phuket Marine Police working with officers from...
Sounding The Death Knell For Bluefin Tuna In The Med
Sounding The Death Knell For Bluefin Tuna In The Med
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Decisions taken at an international fisheries meeting failed to follow scientifc advice to protect bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean, says WWF. Rather than accepting a strict recovery plan for...
Moves To Impose Trawling Ban Stymied
Moves To Impose Trawling Ban Stymied
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Fishing nations led by Iceland and Russia have blocked U.N. negotiators from imposing a full-fledged ban against destructive bottom trawling on the high seas. After weeks of talks in New York, a...
U.N. Fails In Bid To Ban Ocean Trawling
U.N. Fails In Bid To Ban Ocean Trawling
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United Nations negotiators failed to agree on Thursday on a measure banning a fishing practice known as high-seas bottom trawling that environmentalists say chews up the ocean floor and depletes...
Call To Get Tough With Ocean Bandits
Call To Get Tough With Ocean Bandits
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While writing an article for the newsletter about the recent study published in Science magazine predicting collapse of the world's fisheries by 2048, I came across this press release. Unless...
WWF Urges Drastic Action To Save Mediterranean Tuna
WWF Urges Drastic Action To Save Mediterranean Tuna
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The environmental group WWF urged the global body in charge of tuna conservation to take drastic measures to prevent the extinction of the Mediterranean's bluefin tuna. "Drastic measures are...
Pink Dolphin Population Tumbles Off Taiwan
Pink Dolphin Population Tumbles Off Taiwan
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A dolphin that lives along the west coast of Taiwan is declining to dangerously low numbers because of over-fishing and pollution, local environmental researchers said on Monday as quoted by...
Zanzibar Blasts Dynamite Fishers
Zanzibar Blasts Dynamite Fishers
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Zanzibar authorities are moving to curb the practice of dynamite fishing amid a row with researchers and the tourism sector over how prevalent it is, officials said on Sunday. The director of...
Endangered Whales And Sea Turtles Off California And Oregon Remain Protected
Endangered Whales And Sea Turtles Off California And Oregon Remain Protected
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Environmental groups this week successfully fought off a Bush Administration proposal to allow drift-gillnet fishing into protected areas off the Northern California and Southern Oregon coasts in...
Islanders, Firm At Odds On Oil Spill Claims In Fiji
Islanders, Firm At Odds On Oil Spill Claims In Fiji
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Oil which leaked from three fishing boats stuck on a reef near Beqa last week damaged coral and marine environment. This was confirmed by one of the village's headmen and the Pacific Blue...
UN Report: Bottom Trawlers Causing Irreparable Damage To Ocean Floor
UN Report: Bottom Trawlers Causing Irreparable Damage To Ocean Floor
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A new United Nations report says the fishing practice known as bottom trawling is destroying irreplaceable coral and underwater mountains, and it says the damage cannot be repaired. Some...
Florida Fisherman Penalized For Shark Finning
Florida Fisherman Penalized For Shark Finning
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a $68,000 civil penalty and a 100-day permit sanction to the owner and operator of the fishing vessel Sea Angel for multiple...
Small Step Toward Shark Conservation
Small Step Toward Shark Conservation
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The Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) decided recently to halt targeted fishing of vulnerable sharks in the Southern Ocean. France proposed...
UK 'U-turn' On Marine Reserves
UK 'U-turn' On Marine Reserves
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So-called "no-take zones", where fishing is banned, are considered vital for allowing fish stocks to recover from over-exploitation. But a "no-take" element will be absent...
Sharks At Risk - Take Action To Help
Sharks At Risk - Take Action To Help
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When you think of sharks - you may think of magnificent ocean creatures that are sleek, fast, and invulnerable. But, sharks are in fact exceptionally vulnerable to fishing because they grow slowly...
A Closer Look At The Numbers Behind The Prediction Of Fish Species Decline
A Closer Look At The Numbers Behind The Prediction Of Fish Species Decline
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This is a great numeric illustration of the 2048 article from yesterday's blog post about the impact of marine species loss. 2048: The estimated date at which stocks of commercial fishing...
13+ Tons Of Fishing Gear Removed From Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
13+ Tons Of Fishing Gear Removed From Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
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If you thought Cousteau wandering among heaps of garbage in the middle-of-nowhere-Hawaii was a put-on for ratings, I'm here to burst your bubble. Recently, a 13-person marine debris team working in...
10,000 Sea Turtles Authorized For Kills
10,000 Sea Turtles Authorized For Kills
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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) allows commercial fishermen to kill almost 10,000 sea turtles annually and injure 334,000 more, according to a report released last week by Oceana, an...
New Strategy To Help Corals And Mangroves Survive
New Strategy To Help Corals And Mangroves Survive
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Climate change is destroying tropical marine ecosystems through sea temperature increase and ocean acidification. 20% of coral reefs have already been wrecked and a further 50% are facing immediate...
Galapagos Marine Patrols Gain Speed On Seafaring Outlaws
Galapagos Marine Patrols Gain Speed On Seafaring Outlaws
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former U.S. Coast Guard cutter, overhauled and refitted by World Wildlife Fund, began patrolling the waters of the Galapagos today as the first National Park Service vessel fast enough to outrun...
Damage To Coral Reefs Threatens Tourism-dependent National Economies, Researchers Say
Damage To Coral Reefs Threatens Tourism-dependent National Economies, Researchers Say
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) A rapid decline in the world's coral reefs could damage economies that rely on underwater sea life for tourism revenue, researchers said Friday....
Pirates, Vacuum-fishing Threaten Antarctic Waters
Pirates, Vacuum-fishing Threaten Antarctic Waters
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Pirates seeking Chilean sea bass and fishing vessels that vacuum up tiny shrimp-like creatures that are a staple for whales, seals and penguins are menacing Antarctic waters, environmentalists said...
Shallow International Law Can't Protect The Deep Sea
Shallow International Law Can't Protect The Deep Sea
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These days the UN General Assembly is discussing the adoption of a declaration calling for an immediate moratorium on deep-sea bottom trawl fishing on the high seas, at least until legally-binding...
Long-term Ocean Data Confirm Fishing Puts Species In 'double Jeopardy'
Long-term Ocean Data Confirm Fishing Puts Species In 'double Jeopardy'
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For the first time, research has shown that fishing can promote boom and bust swings in supplies of targeted fish stocks. The results, published in the October 19 issue of the journal Nature,...
Japan Agrees To Halve Tuna Quota
Japan Agrees To Halve Tuna Quota
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Environmentalists have welcomed a rare admission from Japan that its fishing vessels have exceeded quotas. The country has also agreed to halve its annual catch of the popular southern blue-fin...
Japan Admits Exceeding Bluefin Tuna Catch
Japan Admits Exceeding Bluefin Tuna Catch
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The Japanese government had admitted taking too many blufin tuna and would reduce its quota, federal Fisheries Minister Eric Abetz said today. It was revealed in August that Japanese fishers and...
NOAA: Record Number Of Florida Angler's Hooks Killing Dolphins
NOAA: Record Number Of Florida Angler's Hooks Killing Dolphins
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An unprecedented number of bottlenose dolphins have died this year after gobbling baited hooks or lures, or becoming entangled with fishing line. So far, encounters with recreational fishing...
Namibia: Seafo Bans Shark Finning
Namibia: Seafo Bans Shark Finning
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A regional organisation for the protection of marine resources along the coastlines of Namibia, Angola and South Africa has banned shark finning. It has also placed a moratorium on all fishing...
Oceana Unveils Diver Outreach Program
Oceana Unveils Diver Outreach Program
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Oceana announced its outreach program for the scuba diving community today following the presidential announcement calling on the United Nations to eliminate destructive fishing practices on...
Canada Will Not Join Call For Bottom-trawling Ban
Canada Will Not Join Call For Bottom-trawling Ban
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Canada will not support a moratorium on bottom trawling in international waters, putting it at odds with a growing number of countries now pressing for restrictions on the controversial fishing...
Agency Considers Allowing Gill Nets In Turtle Sanctuary
Agency Considers Allowing Gill Nets In Turtle Sanctuary
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The National Marine Fisheries Service is considering whether to allow gill net fishing until Nov. 15 in the leatherback sea turtle conservation area off the California and Oregon coasts. The...
Europe To Urge U.S. To Bar Increased Deep-sea Fishing
Europe To Urge U.S. To Bar Increased Deep-sea Fishing
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EU negotiators will call on the United Nations next week to outlaw any expansion of deep-sea fishing in vulnerable ecological areas where trawlermen use huge trawling nets and dredging to scoop up...
Deep-sea Fish To Get Protection
Deep-sea Fish To Get Protection
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Vulnerable deep-sea fish species such as sharks, tusks and forkbeards will receive extra protection over the next two years under the EU's Total Allowable Catches (TAC) system, the European...
Report: Aquatic Resources On Yangtze River On Decline
Report: Aquatic Resources On Yangtze River On Decline
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Pollution and over-fishing in China's longest river, the Yangtze, have led to a dramatic depletion of aquatic life in the nation's mother river, said a newly-released report. The report, entitled...
Dishes Of Destruction: The Hidden Cost Of Europe's Favorite Seafood Revealed
Dishes Of Destruction: The Hidden Cost Of Europe's Favorite Seafood Revealed
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Some of Europe's most popular fish dishes are a recipe for disaster for our oceans and fishing communities, warns WWF in a new report, which exposes the destructive, illegal and wasteful fishing...
Track Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, "Geddy" Online
Track Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, "Geddy" Online
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On Friday, September 8, 2006 the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Marine Animal Rescue Program released a rehabilitated endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle. The turtle stranded in June on Hooper's...
Great Barrier Reef Fish Rebound In Marine Protected Areas
Great Barrier Reef Fish Rebound In Marine Protected Areas
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Great Barrier Reef, Australia - Recovery rates of fish in the Great Barrier Reef have increased significantly as a result of marine protected areas. According to a study by the Australian...
'Ghost Pots' Trap And Kill Marine Life
'Ghost Pots' Trap And Kill Marine Life
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Scientists studying the Chesapeake Bay have introduced a new term into the discussions about the fate of the Bay's marine life and the environment. "Ghost pots," refer to lost or...
Poor Publicity And Taste For The Exotic Put Sharks On Danger List
Poor Publicity And Taste For The Exotic Put Sharks On Danger List
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Sharks face a grave risk of extinction because the ruling body on European fishing is attempting to weaken the restrictions on finning, conservationists say. The Shark Alliance, which includes...
AUDIO: Government Weighs Turtles' Habitat Vs. Fishing
AUDIO: Government Weighs Turtles' Habitat Vs. Fishing
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AUDIO: Federal fisheries managers are considering whether to allow gill-netting in the habitat of Pacific leatherback turtles. The endangered turtles live off the coasts of Northern Californian and...
VIDEO: UK Calls To Help Protect Shark Species
VIDEO: UK Calls To Help Protect Shark Species
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VIDEO: A conservation group is calling on the European Parliament to produce further bans on shark fishing. It says too many shark species are now under direct threat ; many of them in European...
New Worry Voiced Over Shark Conservation
New Worry Voiced Over Shark Conservation
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Launching a report today over the "dangerous decline" in shark populations caused they say by European fishing policy, the newly formed Shark Alliance expressed "dismay" at the...
Forced Evacuation Of 100 Families Ordered Due To Oil Slick
Forced Evacuation Of 100 Families Ordered Due To Oil Slick
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Due to the imminent danger posed by the two-week-old oil sludge in their communities, about 100 families were evacuated Tuesday from two fishing villages in Nueva Valencia town in Guimaras...
Methods Enable Longline Swordfish Fishery To Minimize Sea Turtle Interactions
Methods Enable Longline Swordfish Fishery To Minimize Sea Turtle Interactions
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Action is urgently needed to prevent the loss of leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles from the Pacific Ocean. Reducing bycatch of sea turtles in pelagic longline fisheries, in parallel with...
Green Turtle Slaughter In Costa Rica
Green Turtle Slaughter In Costa Rica
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Illegal fishing may have caused the accidental deaths of about 200 green turtles in the protected area of Playa Ostional, in Costa Rica s Pacific coast, Gilbert Rojas, from the area s Association...
Australia And France Agree To Clean Up The Philippine Oil Spill
Australia And France Agree To Clean Up The Philippine Oil Spill
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Philippines has asked France and Australia to pledge their help to clean up a massive oil spill from a sunken tanker, and they have agreed, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Monday. Arroyo...
New EU 'finning Report' Threatens Sharks
New EU 'finning Report' Threatens Sharks
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An international marine conservation organisation is concerned for the welfare of sharks following the potential support of 'shark finning' within the European Union. The marine conservation...
Jellyfish Numbers Rising As Other Sea Life Dwindles
Jellyfish Numbers Rising As Other Sea Life Dwindles
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Jellyfish populations are growing because they can. The fish that used to compete with them for food have become scarce because of overfishing. The sea turtles that once preyed on them are nearly...
Oriskany Photo Gallery
Oriskany Photo Gallery
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Divers and fishing enthusiasts now have the opportunity to view the Oriskany, the area's largest artificial reef online at the Okaloosa County Web site. The Oriskany Reef, deployed on May 17,...
Landmark Ocean Protections Put In Place In California
Landmark Ocean Protections Put In Place In California
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After years of delay and controversy, a wide swath of waters off the Central Coast became marine reserves Tuesday, the first stage of a pioneering plan expected to serve as a model for the rest of...
Fish Decline Has Ecological Impact In Tropical River
Fish Decline Has Ecological Impact In Tropical River
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Dramatic population reductions of a single fish species in a South American river could degrade ecosystem function in an entire river system, according to an article in the Aug. 11 issue of the...
Black Sea Residents Want To Aid Marine Recovery
Black Sea Residents Want To Aid Marine Recovery
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People living around the Black Sea seem willing to pay more to help the sea recover from near-collapse after decades of pollution and overfishing, a UN-sponsored survey showed on Monday...
Japan Slammed For '$2bn Tuna Fraud'
Japan Slammed For '$2bn Tuna Fraud'
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THE $280 million tuna industry believes it can escape a backlash from Japanese customers, despite the head of the fisheries agency accusing Japan of stealing $2 billion worth of southern bluefin...
NOAA Settles Shark Case With New York Fish Dealer For $750,000
NOAA Settles Shark Case With New York Fish Dealer For $750,000
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of General Counsel has settled a multiple-violation shark case with the owner of Brooklyn-based Agger Fish Corporation. The fish...
Picking A Plan To Protect Sea Life
Picking A Plan To Protect Sea Life
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After six years of political debate and scientific study, California is poised Tuesday to become the first state in the nation to create a broad network of ``no fishing'' zones off its coast with...
Brooklyn, NY Fish Dealer Admits Shark Violations
Brooklyn, NY Fish Dealer Admits Shark Violations
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A fish dealer has agreed to pay a $750,000 fine after admitting it bought shark meat without a federal permit and possessed fins from seven protected species. In settling the case with the...
Stop The Killing Of Sea Turtles In Gillnets
Stop The Killing Of Sea Turtles In Gillnets
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Pacific Leatherbacks are the most endangered of the world's sea turtle species. The primary threat to the species is drowning in gillnet and longline fisheries. In 2000 the federal government...
Authorities Plan Marine Pest Clean-up On Boats
Authorities Plan Marine Pest Clean-up On Boats
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NT Fisheries says the clean-up operation for three Indonesian fishing boats who carried marine pests into Darwin will be the first of its kind in the Territory. The boats were amongst a group...
UK Government Moves Unveiled To Safeguard Threatened Shark Species
UK Government Moves Unveiled To Safeguard Threatened Shark Species
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published proposals to stop new fisheries targeting tope - a large coastal shark - after receiving reports last year that a commercial...
Indonesian Fishing Boat Found In Australian Waters
Indonesian Fishing Boat Found In Australian Waters
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Another Indonesian fishing boat has been brought into Darwin Harbour after being caught operating in Australia's northern waters. A Customs spokesman says the shark finning boat with seven crew...
Isles' Reef Fish Need Protection From Bad Harvesting Methods
Isles' Reef Fish Need Protection From Bad Harvesting Methods
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WE ARE very concerned about Hawaii's dwindling near-shore resources. The total biomass of reef fishes in the main Hawaiian Islands is less than a quarter of what it was a century ago. While...
Vietnam To Halve Coastal Fishing Fleet To Protect Resources
Vietnam To Halve Coastal Fishing Fleet To Protect Resources
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Vietnam plans to almost halve its coastal fishing fleet by 2010 to protect fragile marine resources that have been badly depleted by over-fishing, local officials and foreign experts say. Many...
UN Review Shows Need To Halt Destructive Fishing Practice
UN Review Shows Need To Halt Destructive Fishing Practice
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A long-awaited report by the United Nations shows the need for an international moratorium on bottom-trawling and other destructive fishing practices that damage deep sea life, Conservation...
Jellyfish Dominate Fish In Over-harvested Namibian Waters
Jellyfish Dominate Fish In Over-harvested Namibian Waters
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By sampling sea life in a heavily fished region off the coast of Namibia, researchers have found that jellyfish have actually overtaken fish in terms of the biomass they contribute to this ocean...
Leatherback Found Dead In Lobster Pots Off Ireland
Leatherback Found Dead In Lobster Pots Off Ireland
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It was no ordinary day's fishing for Ballycastle man, TJ Flannery, last Tuesday, when he pulled his lobster pots out of Ballycastle Harbour only to find he had entrapped a 700-pound (317kg)...
Only 2 Pct Of Coral Reefs Properly Protected
Only 2 Pct Of Coral Reefs Properly Protected
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Less than 2 percent of the world's tropical coral reefs are properly protected from illegal fishing, mining or pollution despite government promises of wider safeguards, an international study...
Study Praises Australia's Reef Protections
Study Praises Australia's Reef Protections
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Less than 2 per cent of the world's tropical coral reefs are properly protected from illegal fishing, mining or pollution, an international study says. The study, which has been published in the...
Reefs Suffered More In 30 Years Than The Last 220,000
Reefs Suffered More In 30 Years Than The Last 220,000
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Coral reefs have suffered more damage since the 1970s than any time in the last 220,000 years, according to a study that warns of the threats of overfishing and coastal development...
Seychelles Tourism Industry Blasts Shark Fishers As Tourists Discover 12 Drowned Sharks
Seychelles Tourism Industry Blasts Shark Fishers As Tourists Discover 12 Drowned Sharks
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Members of the local tourism trade have weighed in on the shark fishing issue after tourists on a reef diving holiday came across the remains of 12 drowned sharks...
World's Oceans Reaching Point Of No Return, Says UN
World's Oceans Reaching Point Of No Return, Says UN
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The UN has warned the world's governments that humankind's exploitation of the sea could be passing the point of no return. A report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) found that...
Litter: A Death Trap For Turtles
Litter: A Death Trap For Turtles
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Just a few weeks ago, a dead rare Kemp's Ridley sea turtle washed ashore that appeared to be in perfect health - no injuries or seeming signs of illness. The cause of death: a drinking straw found...
Marine Parks-more Than Just A Great Place To Dive And Snorkel
Marine Parks-more Than Just A Great Place To Dive And Snorkel
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Today we're going to discuss Marine Protected Areas (or MPA's, or marine reserves, or marine parks as they are also known). MPAs are sections of the ocean protected from fishing; by protecting the...
Every Four Seconds, Ten Football Fields Of Marine Life Wiped Out By Bottom Trawlers
Every Four Seconds, Ten Football Fields Of Marine Life Wiped Out By Bottom Trawlers
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As the kick-off to the football world cup approaches, Greenpeace has revealed the shocking fact that every four seconds, marine life in an area of ocean floor the size of ten football fields is...
Turtle Rescued From Certain Death
Turtle Rescued From Certain Death
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A female loggerhead turtle is enjoying an unexpected holiday at the Two Oceans Aquarium after being rescued from certain death while trapped in a large section of floating fishing net. But three...
Leatherback Sea Turtle Slaughter Continues Unabated
Leatherback Sea Turtle Slaughter Continues Unabated
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Less than 1 month after the UN General Assembly BINDING vote, the resolution was frustrated (ignored) by Japan and other Asian based industrial long line fishing boats during a December 12 to 17,...
Fishing Firms Charged With Illegal Dumping In LA Harbor
Fishing Firms Charged With Illegal Dumping In LA Harbor
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Five fishing companies were charged Tuesday with illegally dumping squid parts and wastewater that contaminated a harbor and killed off sharks, stingrays and other sealife at a research institute...
Leatherback Sea Turtle Slaughter Continues Unabated
Leatherback Sea Turtle Slaughter Continues Unabated
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The United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/60/31, enacted on November 29, 2005, REQUIRES all Member Nations to close or suspend fishing activities along documented Leatherback Turtle...
International Sea Turtle Swimway Proposed In Gulf Of Mexico
International Sea Turtle Swimway Proposed In Gulf Of Mexico
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The world's top sea turtle experts are calling on both the United States and Mexico to provide more protection for the Kemp's ridley sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. A resolution passed in Crete...
Rule Proposed To Safeguard Sea Turtles From Entanglement
Rule Proposed To Safeguard Sea Turtles From Entanglement
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Federal marine officials proposed a new rule Tuesday designed to safeguard sea turtles from entangling in fishing gear and drowning in Virginia waters. In recent years, hundreds of dead sea...
Turtle Bycatch Causes Fishery Closure
Turtle Bycatch Causes Fishery Closure
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A Hawaii-based swordfish fishery faces closure for a second time following an unacceptable level of bycatch of endangered loggerhead sea turtles, it has been announced. The Western Pacific...
$5 Fine For $10,000 Of Illegal Fish
$5 Fine For $10,000 Of Illegal Fish
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CAUGHT red-handed with $10,000 worth of Australian fish, a group of illegal Indonesian fishermen faced South Australian justice and were fined - just $5. Despite the maximum penalty being 5500...
Fishing Area Closed After Coral-garden Issue Raised
Fishing Area Closed After Coral-garden Issue Raised
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State of Alaska officials opened new ocean waters off the remote Aleutian Islands for commercial fishing this week, only to immediately shut them down because they learned they are home to rare...
Hawaiian Swordfish Fishery To Close Over High Sea Turtle Catch
Hawaiian Swordfish Fishery To Close Over High Sea Turtle Catch
NEWS
In an unprecedented but legally mandated action, the Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council requested the Secretary of Commerce to shut down the swordfish fishery before it exceeds its...
New Book Is A Photographic Journey To Bali
New Book Is A Photographic Journey To Bali
NEWS
This book is a visual tour of the many and varied dive sites of Tulamben, Bali's number - one dive destination. Located on the remote northeast coast of Bali, far from the crowds of the...
Relax Rules Protecting Sea Turtles From Nets?
Relax Rules Protecting Sea Turtles From Nets?
NEWS
Federal fish managers are proposing to relax rules designed to protect endangered leatherback sea turtles and allow some fishing off the West Coast under strict government supervision. The changes,...
A Buildup Of Discarded Fishing Line In Waterways Entangles And Endangers Marine Animals
A Buildup Of Discarded Fishing Line In Waterways Entangles And Endangers Marine Animals
NEWS
Wayne Newberry tosses a mullet up in the air to lure the injured pelican to the stern of his boat. In a flash, he snatches its beak and yanks the flapping bird on board. His wife, Mary, covers...
Bottom Trawling Banned...But It Could Be Better
Bottom Trawling Banned...But It Could Be Better
NEWS
Federal fishery regulators imposed a permanent ban Wednesday on bottom trawl fishing in nearly 150,000 square miles of federal waters off the West Coast. In making the decision, the National...
This Is Serious! No More Gillnets And Longline Fishing!
This Is Serious! No More Gillnets And Longline Fishing!
NEWS
More than 130 scientists from 24 countries have written to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, urging it not to allow drift gillnets and longlines fishing in protected areas of the Pacific...
Pirate Trawlers Face Crackdown To Aid Fish Stocks
Pirate Trawlers Face Crackdown To Aid Fish Stocks
NEWS
Pirate trawlers will be tracked by a new database as part of a planned crackdown on illegal fish catches worth $9.5 billion a year that are adding to strains on global stocks, an international...
Public Outraged At Assault On Sea Turtle Protections
Public Outraged At Assault On Sea Turtle Protections
NEWS
Public comments received by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council about its March 9th final vote to allow drift gillnets, also known as "curtains of death," and longlines back into...
Help Put An End To Whaling
Help Put An End To Whaling
NEWS
A website has been set up in an attempt to get one million people to sign a petition to stop whaling. When you insert your name & click on the sign the petition button you will be taken to...
Bid To Reinstate Longline Fishing Ban Rejected
Bid To Reinstate Longline Fishing Ban Rejected
NEWS
An environmental group waited too long to seek a ban on fishermen who sometimes catch birds and turtles with swordfish lines, a federal appeals court said yesterday in dismissing the case...
Tangled Whale Freed Off Hawaiian Island
Tangled Whale Freed Off Hawaiian Island
NEWS
A 40-foot humpback whale wiggled off into the deep without a look back after ocean researchers and volunteers freed it from a tangle of abandoned fishing lines and other debris, possibly saving its...
UN Sea Turtle Recommendations Ignored By Fisheries; Extinctions Or A Longlining Moratorium
UN Sea Turtle Recommendations Ignored By Fisheries; Extinctions Or A Longlining Moratorium
NEWS
This week, the United Nations General Assembly will convene a high level working group to address the biological diversity crisis on the high seas. Despite the General Assembly's November 2005...
Endangered Sharks Tagged
Endangered Sharks Tagged
NEWS
RESEARCHERS are tracking two grey nurse sharks in the waters off south east Queensland in a bid to protect the endangered species. The researchers believe a fishing exclusion zone around where...
Indonesian Boats Found Near Great Barrier Reef
Indonesian Boats Found Near Great Barrier Reef
NEWS
Three illegal fishing boats have been caught off the north eastern coast of Australia, near one of the most environmentally significant islands in the Great Barrier Reef...
Sea-bottom Pics Reveal Destruction
Sea-bottom Pics Reveal Destruction
NEWS
Photos of ancient coral and other deep-sea species show how rare marine life is being destroyed by bottom trawling, says the environmental group Greenpeace. The organisation has what it calls...
Galapagos Tour Operator Banned For Two Months Following Illegal Shark Fishing
Galapagos Tour Operator Banned For Two Months Following Illegal Shark Fishing
NEWS
The regulatory authority of the Galapagos National Park suspended Celebrity Xpeditions from operating tours in the Galapagos Islands for two months as a consequence of an illegal shark-fishing...
Hidden Cost Of Shark Fin Soup
Hidden Cost Of Shark Fin Soup
NEWS
Shark finning articles are becoming more mainstream. The NY Times has an article about shark fishing in Manta, Ecuador, a location I have been to and documented as well. It's a well-written...
WWF Condemns Outcome Of EU Fisheries Council Talks
WWF Condemns Outcome Of EU Fisheries Council Talks
NEWS
WWF, the global environmental organisation, has condemned the outcome of the annual Fisheries Council decision on fishing quotas in EU waters for the coming year as "totally...
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 Review
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 Review
NEWS
It is rare in this business to come across a product that defines a new class of camera. While the individual components of the Sony CyberShot DSC-R1 have similar counterparts in other cameras,...
Aussie Aquarium Featuring Monster Squid Frozen In 'Permachill'
Aussie Aquarium Featuring Monster Squid Frozen In 'Permachill'
NEWS
The crew of a New Zealand fishing trawler were lucky Archi the giant squid was dead when they hauled him up on deck...
Breakthrough Chip Delivers Better Digital Pictures For Less Power
Breakthrough Chip Delivers Better Digital Pictures For Less Power
NEWS
The next advance in cameras is becoming a reality at the University of Rochester. Imaging chips revolutionized the photography industry, and now the chips themselves are being revolutionized. A...
Investigation Reveals Boat Captain At Fault For Stranding Three German Divers In The Philippines
Investigation Reveals Boat Captain At Fault For Stranding Three German Divers In The Philippines
NEWS
The boatmen, who took three German scuba divers to the seawaters off Anda peninsula, were blamed for negligence that caused the near fatal accident of the tourists who were billeted in a resort in...
Study Shows Potential Reef Trouble Spots In Virgin Islands
Study Shows Potential Reef Trouble Spots In Virgin Islands
NEWS
The results of an 18 month Reefs at Risk study that focused on where soil erosion could destroy coral reefs in the USVI were released Monday...
WWF Launches 2006 Competition For Fishing Gear That Reduces Accidental Marine Life Deaths
WWF Launches 2006 Competition For Fishing Gear That Reduces Accidental Marine Life Deaths
NEWS
World Wildlife Fund today announced the launch of the second WWF International Smart Gear Competition. The contest seeks innovative fishing gear that reduces marine bycatch-the accidental catch and...
Canon Powershot S80 Review
Canon Powershot S80 Review
NEWS
Canon's PowerShot line of digital cameras have been perennial favorites with our readers, and the Canon S80 seems destined for similar status. This is an exceptionally full-featured digital camera,...
Aceh Aid 'may Cause Over-fishing'
Aceh Aid 'may Cause Over-fishing'
NEWS
The number of boats being provided to tsunami survivors in Indonesia's Aceh province could lead to problems of over-fishing, relief workers warn. The waters off Aceh are rich fishing grounds,...
Fujifilm Finepix S9000 / S9500 Review
Fujifilm Finepix S9000 / S9500 Review
NEWS
The FinePix S9000 is the world's first 9-Megapixel "SLR-like" digicam for advanced amateur photographers. It incorporates Fujifilm's groundbreaking Real Photo Technology, a 5th Generation...
NEAFC Fail To Protect Deepwater Fish And Corals' Environmental Organisations Claim
NEAFC Fail To Protect Deepwater Fish And Corals' Environmental Organisations Claim
NEWS
AFTER a week of negotiations, NEAFC the intergovernmental commission responsible for managing deep-water fishing in the North East Atlantic agreed to include long-term conservation of fish stocks...
Troubles With Trochus
Troubles With Trochus
NEWS
Indonesian fishermen allegedley plundered marine snails worth millions to Indigenous harvesters in Australia. Members of the One Arm Point Aboriginal Community on a diving trip were surprised to...
Illegal Shark Hunters Use Hit-and-run Tactics
Illegal Shark Hunters Use Hit-and-run Tactics
NEWS
A new Indonesian fleet of more than 400 speedboats is taking thousands of sharks from northern Australian waters, and is behind a recent upsurge in illegal fishing. An Australian Government...
WWF Praises Oz For Marine Park Zone
WWF Praises Oz For Marine Park Zone
NEWS
Australia was feted by the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Gift to Earth Award for its efforts to keep the Great Barrier Reef protected as a marine park zone by implementing special regulations last...
Report Forewarns Of Future Oceanic Problems
Report Forewarns Of Future Oceanic Problems
NEWS
Somewhere in an old, tattered menu, sandwiched between the pasta and the pork dishes, lie clues to the status of our modern-day fisheries and forewarnings of trouble to come on the high seas....
New Calls To End Deep-sea Trawling In Australia
New Calls To End Deep-sea Trawling In Australia
NEWS
PRESSURE is growing on Australia's fishing industry to halt the practice of deep-sea bottom trawling, which a leading expert said was wiping out marine species around the world. British marine...
Spanish Nets Wiping Out Deep-sea Sharks, Biologists Say
Spanish Nets Wiping Out Deep-sea Sharks, Biologists Say
NEWS
Spanish fishermen are devastating stocks of deep-water sharks in the northeastern Atlantic, using wasteful and unregulated methods that leave more than half of their catch to rot, according to an...
Tropical Fish Falling Prey To Light Rules
Tropical Fish Falling Prey To Light Rules
NEWS
Collectors can gather all the swimming gems they want for $50, threatening environment and tourism... After 21/2 hours out on the ocean, most of that 50 feet below the surface, Randy Fernley...
Hawaii creates state marine refuge in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, bans fishing
Hawaii creates state marine refuge in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, bans fishing
NEWS
Hawaii has banned fishing around the tiny islands and atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, home to endangered Hawaiian monk seals and sea turtles. Gov. Linda Lingle signed the new rules...
10 Species At Risk Of Bowing Out -- Forever
10 Species At Risk Of Bowing Out -- Forever
NEWS
It seems impossible that the world could ever run out of fish. But the oceans aren't as impervious as we might have believed. More and more scientists are warning that we are on the verge of...
Call To Prevent Fish Bombing Activities In Borneo
Call To Prevent Fish Bombing Activities In Borneo
NEWS
A number of strategies in preventing fish bombing activities from developing, spreading or happening in Brunei waters was suggested yesterday by Dato Awg Hj Mohd Hamid Bin Hj Mohd Jaafar, Permanent...
Coral Reef Fish Larvae Settle Close To Home
Coral Reef Fish Larvae Settle Close To Home
NEWS
Tracing the larvae of marine organisms from where they were born to their ultimate destination has been regarded as one of the greatest challenges in ocean science. Managers of marine reserves...
Tagged Atlantic Sea Turtles Trace Journeys Online
Tagged Atlantic Sea Turtles Trace Journeys Online
NEWS
Aitkanti the sea turtle has already braved fishing nets and shark infested waters in her swim from breeding grounds in South America but is only half way to the rich feeding waters off the coast of...
Noaa Releases National Study Of U.s. Coral Reef Ecosystems
Noaa Releases National Study Of U.s. Coral Reef Ecosystems
NEWS
The nation's coral reef ecosystems continue to face numerous stressors from both natural and human sources, including overfishing, disease, pollution and climate change according to a new national...
Trawlers Destroying Britain's Precious Deep Water Coral
Trawlers Destroying Britain's Precious Deep Water Coral
NEWS
Precious coral reefs in deep water to the west of Ireland and Scotland are being destroyed by trawlers, a marine scientist will warn today. Jason Hall-Spencer, of the University of Plymouth,...
Coral Reef Decline - Not Just Overfishing
Coral Reef Decline - Not Just Overfishing
NEWS
Coral reefs, the rainforests of the sea, feed a large portion of the world's population, protect tropical shorelines from erosion, and harbor animals and plants with great potential to provide new...
Illegal Italian Driftnet Fishing Boat Tries To Ram Oceana's U.s.-flagged Vessel Ranger
Illegal Italian Driftnet Fishing Boat Tries To Ram Oceana's U.s.-flagged Vessel Ranger
NEWS
Oceana's research catamaran, Ranger, filming and photographing illegal driftnet fishing off southern Italy, was chased in the high seas and narrowly escaped a ramming attempt by angry Sicilian...
Whalesharks Are Shrinking
Whalesharks Are Shrinking
NEWS
According to a study by Australian scientists, the world's largest fish, the whaleshark is getting smaller. Records show a reduction in the whalesharks' average size from 7 meters in 1995 to...
Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago Lives Up To Those Travel Brochure Cliches
Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago Lives Up To Those Travel Brochure Cliches
NEWS
The archipelago's animal species read like a zoologist's directory: whales, marine turtles, rays and dolphins. (Although dugongs feature prominently in promotional literature, spotting them is...
Greenpeace Says Canada Must Counter Nafo Mismanagement
Greenpeace Says Canada Must Counter Nafo Mismanagement
NEWS
The international agency that manages the fishery on the high seas has done such a miserable job of protecting fish stocks that it needs to introduce a moratorium on the controversial practice of...
New Fishing Hooks Save Sea Turtles
New Fishing Hooks Save Sea Turtles
NEWS
Preliminary results from the first large-scale test of specially designed fishing hooks indicate they can reduce the number of endangered sea turtles killed in long line fishing operations by as...
Maldivian Divers Concerned About Extinction Of Local Sharks
Maldivian Divers Concerned About Extinction Of Local Sharks
NEWS
Diving instructors are complaining that the over-fishing of sharks has led to a serious reduction in their numbers, which is having a detrimental impact on tourism. Speaking to Minivan Radio...
International Commission Bans Shark Finning In The Eastern Pacific
International Commission Bans Shark Finning In The Eastern Pacific
NEWS
Late last week, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) adopted an international ban on shark finning in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The lucrative market for "shark fin soup" is the...
Leading Scientists Rank Endangered Dolphins, Porpoises Most In Need Of Immediate Action
Leading Scientists Rank Endangered Dolphins, Porpoises Most In Need Of Immediate Action
NEWS
Leading marine scientists for the first time have assessed dolphin and porpoise populations around the world which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine...
Tsunami A Boon For Endangered Ridley Turtles
Tsunami A Boon For Endangered Ridley Turtles
NEWS
The highly endangered Olive Ridley turtles have had a safe breeding season this year along the coast of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Large numbers of the Lepidochelys oliveacea turtles...
Diving The Big Blue - Lake Tahoe
Diving The Big Blue - Lake Tahoe
NEWS
Outdoor sports enthusiasts may think of Lake Tahoe as a mecca of skiing, camping, fishing, mountain biking, boating or more. But what many might not realize is that scuba diving is another sport...
Hawaii's Manta Rays Are Vulnerable To Extinction, And Advocates Are Looking For Action
Hawaii's Manta Rays Are Vulnerable To Extinction, And Advocates Are Looking For Action
NEWS
Koie was in trouble. The female manta ray, a regular visitor along the Kona Coast, showed up in July with fishing line wrapped tightly around her right wing. Divers from several local tour...
Noaa Scientists Battle Ocean Ghostnets
Noaa Scientists Battle Ocean Ghostnets
NEWS
Thousands of miles from any human habitation, fishing nets hundreds of meters long and balls of net tens of meters across, lost or abandoned by their former owners but still an environmental...
Tribes: Kill Nuisance Sea Lions If Required
Tribes: Kill Nuisance Sea Lions If Required
NEWS
With frustration mounting over nuisance sea lions, some local tribes have suggested killing the animals, if necessary. The Columbia River treaty fishing tribes asked Oregon and Washington state...
Research Shows Overfishing Of Sharks Key Factor In Coral Reef Decline
Research Shows Overfishing Of Sharks Key Factor In Coral Reef Decline
NEWS
Unprecedented study describes sources contributing to decline of Caribbean reefs. Their position at the pinnacle of the marine food chain is legendary. Now, understanding sharks and their...
Policymakers, Scientists, Environmentalists, Fishing Industries To Discuss Parts Of Ocean Action Plan
Policymakers, Scientists, Environmentalists, Fishing Industries To Discuss Parts Of Ocean Action Plan
NEWS
Retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, will address participants at the "Managing Our...
Study: Many Ignore UN Code To Cut Overfishing
Study: Many Ignore UN Code To Cut Overfishing
NEWS
Thirteen years after the world rallied to curb overfishing, most nations are failing to abide by the U.N.'s code of conduct for managing fisheries, scientists found
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