Warming Indian Ocean may pose threat to global fisheries market

eNCA: 8 January 2016 A recent study published by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) has found that the amount of microscopic plants in the Indian Ocean has declined by 20 percent in the last decade, potentially destabilising the marine food chain. The study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters by a collaboration of authors from various international Read More…

Tonle Sap fish harvest rises, official says

Khmer Times: 5 January 2016 The volume of fish caught to make prahok (fermented fish paste) in the first season on the Tonle Sap Lake and River rose because weather conditions were ideal, but the amount expected for the second season, which begins in February, is likely to be lower due to falling water levels, a senior official from the Fisheries Administration said. Its director, Eng Chea Read More…

Yields from fishing take a dive

The Phnom Penh Post 28 October 2015 Exports of fresh fish and fish products fell significantly during the first nine months of the year, raising concerns about businesses and families operating in the Kingdom’s fisheries sector. Fresh and frozen fish export shipments fell 21 per cent during the first nine months of the year to 7,100 tonnes, down from 9,000 tonnes during the same period Read More…

Illegal fishing destroying Kep’s ocean ecology

The Cambodia Daily 24 October 2015 A dozen diesel-powered boats crawl across Kep Bay, creating a rumble so low that it shakes the pier. They drag weighted, electrified nets across the inshore shallows, scooping up sea life indiscriminately and destroying vital breeding grounds in the process. And they trawl so close to shore that you can hear their radio exchanges. It’s a familiar, Read More…

Wild animals rescued in central Vietnam provinces

Viet Nam News 23 October 2015 Fishermen in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has rescued a 35kg green sea turtle that got lost in a shrimp pond and returned it into the sea. The turtle, which has the scientific name Chelonia mydas, is listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). A fisherman in the province's Thuan An Township Read More…

Philippines steps up assistance to small scale fishermen

World Fishing & Aquaculture 22 October 2015 The Philippines government has recently launched a major investment programme to improve agricultural and fisheries production as part of long term plans to increase rural incomes and boost social development in the country’s poorest regions. In addition to targeting low income communities, the investment programme will help with Read More…

Introducing Wildscreen Exchange – a global resource for all…

Charity Digital News 20 October 2015 The UK-based wildlife conservation charity, Wildscreen, has a new online photo and video library for conservation organisations, providing them with free and affordable visual content and media to help them tell “the most powerful stories possible”. The Wildscreen Exchange has been designed and developed by the charity in order to provide Read More…

Climate Change: Mekong Delta heads for troubled waters

BBC 20 October 2015 The endless green fields scored by the river's nine tributaries, which the Vietnamese call "Nine Dragons", explain why this area is one of the world's major food baskets. It houses the richest inland fishery and accounts for more than a fifth of the world's rice exports, although looks can be deceptive. Encroaching sea water from the south, a proliferation of hydro dams Read More…

Larger protected areas in the tropics and sub-tropics face higher…

Science Codex 19 October 2015 A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and Conservation International, found that larger protected areas, especially those in high population density regions, are more likely to undergo a downgrading, downsizing and degazettement (PADDD) event. Protected areas, like national parks and nature Read More…

Trawler fishermen laud use of Turtle Excluder Device

Daily Express 16 October 2015 Sandakan, Malaysia: Trawler fishermen in the State have welcomed the use of the Turtle Excluder Device (TED). Sabah Fisheries Deputy Director Dr Ahemad Sade said the TED, made of aluminium or galvanised iron, placed on the front of trawlers' seine nets can assist turtles or marine mammals to save themselves by swimming out of the nets. He said a study Read More…