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EU OKs tougher penalties for illegal fishing
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The European Union agreed Tuesday on tougher penalties to counter illegal fishing, considered a major cause of the depletion of fish stocks in European waters, particularly of prized cod and bluefin tuna.
Look-alike sturgeon may get protection
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Good news for shovelnose sturgeon may be bad news for this region's commercial fishermen, who sell them to make caviar.
Isopod Replaces Fish's Tongue
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An isopod that replaces a fish's tongue has been discovered for the first time in the Channel Islands in Europe. The marine isopod, described by its finder as hideous and vicious, is a rare ...
Study: Illegal fishing harming present and future New England groundfish fisheries
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Weak enforcement combined with fishermen facing serious economic hardships are leading to widespread violations of fisheries regulations along the Northeastern United States coast. This pattern of noncompliance threatens ...
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Britain steamed over tuna rules
May 10, 2007 |
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Britain's fisheries minister Ben Bradshaw is calling on the European Union to ban fishing for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea.
Recuperated rare fish released in China
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Jun 18, 2007 |
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Wildlife officials in China released a rare paddlefish into Yangtze River Sunday after nursing it back to health from injuries inflicted by fishermen.
Fisheries Linked to Decline of Waved Albatross Population
Oct 04, 2006 |
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Fishermen caught and killed about 1 percent of the world’s waved albatrosses in a year, according to a new study by Wake Forest University biologists.
To manage a fishery, you must know how the fish die
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Recreational anglers and commercial fishermen understand you need good fishery management to make sure there will be healthy populations of fish for generations to come. And making good management decisions ...
Study finds high mortality of endangered loggerhead sea turtles in Baja California
Oct 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Along the southern coast of Baja California, Mexico, scientists have been counting the carcasses of endangered sea turtles for a decade as part of an effort to assess and eliminate threats ...
West Coast fishermen embark on new wave of fishing
Sep 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The West Coast groundfish fleet has struggled to stay afloat during major cutbacks to reverse long-standing problems with overfishing and to protect the seafloor from damage caused by bottom trawling ...
Scientists discover new ocean current
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Apr 30, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are ...
Great hammerhead shark sets litter record
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Jun 29, 2006 |
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A great hammerhead shark caught off the Gulf Coast of Florida last month was reportedly pregnant with 55 "pups" -- setting a record.
Commerce secretary approves Arctic fisheries plan
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The nation's secretary of commerce has approved a plan that would prohibit an expansion of commercial fishing in the Arctic, at least until more is known about the area.
When sea monsters threaten, eat them
Dec 07, 2005 |
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Japanese fishermen report encountering an increasing number of "sea monsters" -- 6-foot-wide, 450-pound poisonous jellyfish.
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