Overfishing
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 have amazing life cycles and agile body physiology to compliment it. They undertake..
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Japan’s sprawling Mitsubishi conglomerate has cornered a 40 per cent share of the world market in bluefin tuna, one of the world’s most endangered fish.
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made popular Jun 3 2009
The most expensive fish in the sea – celebrated by Homer, venerated by the Japanese – may not survive an EU decision to maintain catch quotas in defiance of...
made popular Nov 29 2008
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...
made popular Jun 18 2008
Talks to reverse the decline in tuna populations is to be the main emphasis of the five-day conference in Japan. The meetings, which bring together the world’s...
made popular Jan 22 2007
This century’s end may see a devastation of a sea-life stock! These are the Pacific’s bluefin tuna stocks, researchers are fearing, would be hit seriously...
made popular Dec 26 2006
As a threat emanating from global warming, scientists feared that there will be a mass extinction of several species, which will be replaced by another vast array of...
made popular Dec 21 2005
Thousands of salmon, tuna and other fish are migrating towards the Pacific Ocean highways. This mysterious migration may provide clues on how to rebuild dwindling...
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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.
made popular Jan 27 2009
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...
made popular Jun 18 2008
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...
made popular Aug 28 2007
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...
made popular Jun 8 2007
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...
made popular Jun 7 2007
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...
made popular Mar 15 2007
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...
made popular Jan 17 2007
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....
made popular May 27 2006
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