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January 22, 2012 2:55 AM
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More than a hundred baby seals are recuperating at Dutch and U.K. nurseries after being stranded amid recent storms, experts say. The incident is an extreme example among a recent increase in pup strandings, experts say. Overfishing has reduced the seals' available prey, and the polluted fish the animals do catch often make them sick. "In the last two or three years we have seen more and more seals wash up too weak to look after themselves," Lenie 't Hart, director of the Zeehondencrèche seal nursery, told AFP.
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January 22, 2012 2:51 AM
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Abu Dhabi: Growing prosperity together with an increasing population in the Gulf states is exacting a heavy toll on coastal marine life in the Arabian Gulf, experts heard at a marine environmental conference this week. To limit further damage in the UAE, experts called for the expansion of protected marine areas along the UAE coastline. Experts call for coordinated GCC plan to manage development along coastlines...
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January 22, 2012 2:46 AM
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The Chinese agriculture ministry on January 12 issued a notice about this year’s non-fishing season under which China bans fishing activities on the East Sea from May 16 to August 1, 2012.
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January 21, 2012 3:09 AM
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Wandering albatrosses have altered their foraging due to changes in wind fields in the southern hemisphere during the last decades. Since winds have increased in intensity and moved to the south, the flight speed of albatrosses increased and they spend less time foraging. As a consequence, breeding success has improved and birds have gained 1 kilogram.
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January 19, 2012 11:42 AM
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BIG INDUSTRY Needs to Understand That their quarterly profits come from Nature and as such they have a fudiciary responsibility to maintain the oceans in a healthy, balanced state. Without Any Fish in the Ocean there will be no jobs, no profits, no nothing. Time to get priorities straight. A healthy environment, healthy humans. We can't eat our bank accounts or Wall Street Stock Portfolios !! (pdjmoo) WASHINGTON — A long-simmering debate over federal fishing quotas and their economic impact on coastal states could reach a boiling point this year as Congress considers changes to a landmark marine conservation law.The fishing industry is pressuring Congress to ease catch limits for summer flounder, red snapper and other rebounding species, saying quotas are squeezing commercial and recreational fishing businesses and depriving coastal communities of billions in revenue.
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January 19, 2012 11:35 AM
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Toothfish are slow growing, which means it takes them a long time to recover from overfishing. And since they are a top predator, overfishing them could cause major disruptions to the rest of the food chain.
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January 23, 2012 3:53 AM
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Sharks are very fussy about their personal hygiene and health, so they pay regular visits to marine 'cleaning stations' to rid themselves of parasites or have injuries dealt with, a new study reveals.
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January 19, 2012 3:47 AM
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New assessment shows all Pacific tuna species need catch limitsRadio AustraliaOverfishing of bigeye tuna in the Pacific needs an urgent response, according to the latest assesssment released by the region's leading fisheries scientists.
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January 19, 2012 3:45 AM
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January 19, 2012 3:41 AM
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Greenpeace is in the Western and Central Pacific ocean on the 'Defending Our Pacific' expedition to campaign for the establishment of a network of marine reserves and an end to overfishing.
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January 19, 2012 3:39 AM
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Data from end of the last Ice Age confirm effects of climate change on oceans The first comprehensive study of changes in the oxygenation of oceans at the end of the last Ice Age (between about 10 to 20,000 years ago) has implications for the...
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January 19, 2012 3:36 AM
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Our seas are in crisis and Europe's law needs changing. Help us end overfishing.
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January 17, 2012 9:46 AM
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Learn about the environmental issue of overfishing and its consequences in this oceans article from National Geographic.
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January 22, 2012 2:53 AM
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On the 1st of January 2012, the EU presidency passed from Poland to Denmark; at the same time the reform of the European Common Fishery Policy entered a crucial phase, the final stage of the reform which should result in a new fisheries regulation... Two thirds of the North Atlantic fish stocks are overfished and almost a quarter of all catches are wasted, thrown back into the sea - dead or dying. This means that that not only is marine world on the road to disaster, but also a fishing industry in dire trouble, with smaller and smaller catches and an uncertain future ahead.
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January 22, 2012 2:50 AM
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After two lean years of Alaska Bering Sea pollock harvests, 2011 was supposed to be a return to normalcy with a quota set near the historic average at 1.25 million metric tons. The season ended with a thud, though, as some 54,000 metric tons were left in the water following the “B” season that starts June 10 and ends Nov. 1. The shore-based catcher fleet reported difficulties finding the fish, poor catch rates and soaring encounters with both chinook and chum salmon bycatch as effort extended deeper into the fall.
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January 21, 2012 5:54 AM
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NO OCEAN NOISE !!! The world's largest solar powered ship docks in Abu Dhabi for the World Future Energy Summit as part of its world tour. The ship's captain speaks of PlanetSolar's mission and of the stunning silence and beauty of eco-travel.
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January 21, 2012 1:25 AM
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This briefing published by OCEAN2012 exposes how overfishing impacts on people’s eating habits across Europe. It is part of a series of briefings illustrating the impacts of overfishing on people or marine ecosystems caused by the excess removal of millions of tonnes of marine life every year. This report is avaliable in multiple languages.
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January 19, 2012 11:36 AM
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Only an estimated 1,000 monk seals remain. We must protect their habitat to save the species. (6752 signatures on petition) (RT @The_Lil_General Expand Protections for Hawaiian Monk #Seals!
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January 19, 2012 4:02 AM
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Ask the UN to stop exploratory mining in unknown deep sea ecosystems.
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January 19, 2012 3:53 AM
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Pew is working to improve conservation and management of the world’s most vulnerable tuna stocks – bluefin tuna and northern albacore in the Atlantic Ocean and bigeye and yellowfin in the Pacific Ocean.
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January 19, 2012 3:47 AM
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The debate comes as the government expands its efforts to prevent overfishing and prepares to issue a host of new fishing quotas.
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January 19, 2012 3:42 AM
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Overfishing of Western Pacific Bigeye Tuna Continues Solomon Times Online BY SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY Overfishing of bigeye tuna continues in the western and central Pacific tuna fishery, the world's biggest tuna fishery, according to the...
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January 19, 2012 3:40 AM
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Greenpeace Africa and Senegalese fishermen are calling on future leaders to review fisheries management legislation and to establish sustainable policies.
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January 19, 2012 3:38 AM
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You've heard of Easter Island, but you may not be familiar with its uninhabited neighbor. Salas y Gómez Island has been called one of the world's last untouched marine places.
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January 19, 2012 3:24 AM
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Jellyfish, snails, and other creatures in Lake Tanganyika may be at risk due to overfishing, pollution, and more, conservationists say.
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