Conservationists: British mackerel no longer sustainable fish
Mackerel has been struck off a list of sustainable fish by British conversationists who warn that overfishing is depleting stocks.
Mackerel has been struck off a list of sustainable fish by British conversationists who warn that overfishing is depleting stocks.
Ecology
Jan 22, 2013
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Overfishing, hunting and intensive agriculture and forestry can sometimes contribute to plants and animals becoming endangered. New research from Lund University in Sweden and University of Toronto can now show why this leads ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2021
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The more humanity acidifies and warms the world's oceans with carbon emissions, the harder we will have to work to save our coral reefs.
Environment
Feb 14, 2011
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Shark defenders hope to capitalize on a series of victories in their fight against the lucrative fin trade, releasing a report Monday calling for sanctuaries to save the world's oldest predator.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2011
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Efforts to curb overfishing of tuna in the Pacific were blocked by big countries that refused to cut their catch at a meeting of tuna-fishing nations in the Asia-Pacific, delegates said Thursday.
Ecology
Dec 6, 2012
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A team of Russian scientists say they will embark on a quest next week to observe the only all-white, adult killer whale ever spotted -- a majestic and elusive bull they have named Iceberg.
Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Human activity - rather than climate change - has been found to be the main cause of catastrophic devastation to a southern Indian Ocean coral reef system similar to Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef.
Environment
Jan 15, 2013
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The endangered freshwater mussel species has been given a welcome boost by scientists from Queen's University Belfast following a 12 year cultivation project.
Ecology
Mar 23, 2010
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Conservationist group WWF on Tuesday urged Romania and Bulgaria, home to the last viable wild sturgeon populations in the European Union, to protect the species, threatened by illegal fishing and caviar trade.
Ecology
Jun 18, 2013
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In a Perspectives article, "The Risks of Overfishing," published in the journal Science, Dr. Ellen K. Pikitch, executive director of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science and professor at Stony Brook University, cautions ...
Ecology
Oct 25, 2012
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