Tag: Marine conservation
Welsh Government supports expansion of Net Regeneration Scheme® to offer free recycling of fishing gear to the Welsh fishing community. Globally only 9% of plastic waste is recycled; 12% is incinerated, whilst the remaining 79% ...
Rising sea surface temperatures driving loss of 14% of corals since 2009. The newly released report, ‘Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020’, documents the loss of approximately 14 per cent of the world’s coral ...
Madrid protocol anniversary. On the 4th October, ministers, leading scientists and experts from around the world are meeting at the Archeological Museum of Madrid to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Madrid ...
Colombian authorities confiscate large shipment of shark fins. Colombian police say they confiscated thousands of shark fins that the smugglers wanted to smuggle into Hong Kong. Shark fin is a valuable dish in Chinese cuisine. ...
New partnership to save endangered sawfish. The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has begun an exciting new partnership with the Northern Land Council’s Malak Malak Rangers, and Charles Darwin University (CDU) to support a long-running and unique program to locate and rescue ...
New Zealand updates fish stock rules. Fishing rules for 15 fish stocks around New Zealand have been updated as part of a twice-yearly review. The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, David Parker decided on these ...
NZ bid to prevent spread of invasive seaweed. Biosecurity New Zealand is placing legal controls on parts of Aotea Great Barrier Island in a bid to contain the invasive seaweed Caulerpa brachypus, while the local Mana ...
New regulations for US shellfish fisheries to help save right whales. NOAA Fisheries has announced new regulations for the lobster and Jonah crab trap and pot fisheries operating in the Northeast United States to help ...
President Macron accepts petition urging protection of Antarctica’s waters. During a boat trip organized on the first day of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, Antarctica2020 members Pascal Lamy and Geneviève Pons (photo) handed ...
North Atlantic right whales critically endangered by climate crisis, new study finds. Warming sea and shifting food sources drive whales into areas where they risk ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear, according to an ...
Consumers want UK supermarkets to tackle dolphin deaths, survey reveals. Shoppers care about dolphins being killed in fishing gear and expect supermarkets to sort it out. A OnePoll survey commissioned by two leading marine conservation ...
Seafood industry calls for more research on seismic testing under ‘real-world conditions’. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, has called for more research into the impacts of seismic testing ...
Canada invests in new marine conservation efforts. Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, has announced a $976.8M investment through Budget 2021 to continue marine conservation efforts and reach the goal ...
US$2.6bn shark and ray meat trade revealed. More than 200 countries and territories are importing and exporting shark and ray meat for a global trade that was valued at US$2.6 billion between 2012 and 2019, ...
GTA slams blocking of plans to rebuild mako shark population. The EU and US yet again blocked a proposal to rebuild endangered shortfin mako shark population, at an intersessional of the International Commission for the ...
EU and US impede momentum toward vital mako shark protections. Decision on North Atlantic ICCAT ban – championed by Canada, Gabon, Senegal, and the UK – stalled again. Conservationists are deeply unhappy that the European ...
Deep-sea mining company has misled investors ahead of IPO. Greenpeace USA, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), and Global Witness have sent a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) calling into question ...
Analysis on reduction of whale ship strikes. Friend of the Sea ranks shipping and cruise lines’ engagement to reduce whale ship strikes. Friend of the Sea, the international certification of products and services which respect ...
Concern that tuna deal does not go far enough. With clear scientific advice and mounting pressure from top retailers and supply chain companies, IOTC members finally agreed an interim rebuilding plan on the third attempt ...
Rebuilding the Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock – Joint NGO Statement on the urgency of adopting an interim plan. The Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock is overfished and subject to continued overfishing, with scientists warning ...
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