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'Discarding' in commercial fishing resulting in unethical waste
Aug 28 2007, Kanchan

Nature can be bountiful, if you take only as much as you need! However, modern commercial fishing techniques result in extensive wastefulness. A study in British waters indicates that almost two thirds of the fish caught are thrown back over the...

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Tougher rules to end overfishing in US waters
AP, New Orleans
Ocean conservationists are hailing former President Bush for passing tough rules to end the overfishing of 40 struggling marine species before he left the White House.
Farm, Scene, Overfishing, Business
made popular Jan 27 2009
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Atlantic bluefin tunas are at risk from overfishing practices
Christi, Chennai
The Atlantic bluefin tuna represent yet another case of wildlife being affected by geographical borders, putting them at immense risk, wherever they go. These fishes...
Bluefin Tuna, Atlantic Ocean, Overfishing, Migration
made popular Oct 4 2008
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EU veto on netting Mediterranean bluefin tuna
Nivedita, New Delhi
The EU called for a ban of bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic for large industrial vessels last week following extensive evidence of illegal...
bluefin tuna, EU, WWF, Oceana
made popular Jun 18 2008
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World oceans day: Do we have much to celebrate?
Kanchan, New Delhi
Today is World Ocean’s Day and most of the world is apparently celebrating it digging more graves in the liquid graveyard of the dead. Don’t ask what do the...
World Oceans day, Global warming, Polluted waters, Overfishing
made popular Jun 8 2007
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Overfishing 'destabilizing' Black Sea, invasive jellyfish blooming
Irani, New Delhi
Overfishing to meet their lucrative markets across the boundaries has always disrupted food chain of the seas. This is no new phenomena worrying scientists and...
Black Sea, Overfishing, Jellyfish, Marine ecosystems
made popular Jun 7 2007
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Is the 'Nile perch' demand boom too big for Lake Victoria to sustain?
Kanchan, New Delhi
Lake Victoria at 68,800 square kilometres is Africa’s largest lake and the largest tropical lake in the world. It is the habitat for catfish, lungfish, and...
Nile Perch, Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Africa
made popular Mar 15 2007
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Vanishing Species: Is Earth's Biodiversity Condemned?
Kanchan, New Delhi
Are we heading for doomsday? Is man finally managing to bring the planet down? Nature’s delicate balance is ruffled. Geo-physical processes have caused five mass...
Biodiversity, endangered species, Extinction, Earth
made popular Jan 17 2007
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Overfishing threatens S. California kelp forest ecosystems
Irani, New Delhi
Kelp forest ecosystems - they skirt the West Coast, stretching from Alaska to the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. Kelp are giant algae - they reach up to 120 feet in height....
Kelp forest ecosystem, Overfishing, South California, Alaska
made popular May 27 2006
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World oceans day: Do we have much to celebrate?
Kanchan, New Delhi
Today is World Ocean’s Day and most of the world is apparently celebrating it digging more graves in the liquid graveyard of the dead. Don’t ask what do the...
World Oceans day, Global warming, Polluted waters, Overfishing
made popular Jun 8 2007
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South Pacific Nations to restrict bottom trawling
Rajni, Shimla
Destructive trawls and dredges used for commercial fishing have destroyed and continue to destroy entire sea-floor environments necessary to conserve, protect and...
Bottom Trawling, South Pacific, UN Resolution, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
made popular May 5 2007
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Ban on bottom trawling, subsidies sought
Rajni, Shimla
Deep under the ocean the species are in serious danger from the world’s most destructive fishing practice known as bottom trawling and this destruction should be...
Bottom Trawling, Subsidies, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dr.Rashid Sumaila
made popular Feb 20 2007
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Brutal Fishing by bottom Trawling not to be Banned
Kanchan, New Delhi
Though the government should be working on making networks of marine reserves to protect marine life it goes and gives a head ho to Bottom trawling. A process that is...
Brutal Fishing, Bottom Trawling, Banned, Decompression
made popular Nov 26 2006
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Ecology-devastating bottom trawling demands ban!
Irani, New Delhi
Abyssmal hankering for economy is leading fishermen to rake giant nets across the ocean floor to maximize their catch. But, in the process, they are destroying unique...
marine ecology, bottom trawling, U.N. General Assembly, United Nations
made popular Nov 15 2006
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Deep sea pollution crossing the point of no return!
Irani, New Delhi
Pollution, litter and over-fishing is pushing the once pristine habitats deep down the oceans to a point of no return damage, the United Nations warned....
Deep sea pollution, Deep sea, Pollution, litter
made popular Jun 17 2006
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