Decline in tiger shark population defies expectations
New Griffith University research has revealed a 71 percent decline in tiger sharks across Queensland's coastline.
New Griffith University research has revealed a 71 percent decline in tiger sharks across Queensland's coastline.
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2019
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Nations rich and poor must invest now to protect against the effects of climate change or pay an even heavier price later, a global commission warned Tuesday.
Environment
Sep 10, 2019
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Thousands of marine species could be at risk if a new United Nations high-seas biodiversity treaty, now being negotiated in New York, does not include measures to address the management of all fish species in international ...
Ecology
Aug 29, 2019
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Researchers drawing on 100-year-old sources of salmon data have found that recent returns of wild adult sockeye salmon to the Skeena River—Canada's second largest salmon watershed— are 75 percent lower than during historical ...
Ecology
Aug 21, 2019
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Climate change has been steadily warming the ocean, which absorbs most of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, for 100 years. This warming is altering marine ecosystems and having a direct impact on fish ...
Environment
Aug 19, 2019
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Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the Status of U.S. Fisheries Annual Report to Congress, which details the status of 479 federally-managed stocks or stock complexes in the U.S. to ...
Ecology
Aug 2, 2019
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New research from the Center for Conservation Innovation (CCI) at Defenders of Wildlife, published in the journal Nature Communications, shows for the first time the importance of expert agencies to protecting imperiled species. ...
Ecology
Aug 2, 2019
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A new study published in the journal Science finds that the world's marine fisheries form a single network, with over $10 billion worth of fish each year being caught in a country other than the one in which it spawned.
Ecology
Jun 20, 2019
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A new study led by a University of Rhode Island doctoral student and published in the Journal of Applied Ecology has found a possible solution to one of the biggest conservation and livelihood challenges in the marine realm.
Ecology
Jun 11, 2019
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Hundreds of millions of people in some of the world's poorest countries are supported by small scale fisheries. These are usually self-employed fishers who use relatively simple methods, primarily to feed the local community ...
Ecology
May 22, 2019
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