South Africa’s ‘shark spotters’ help secure country’s…

Mail & Guardian Africa 27 January 2015 THE Australian government recently announced that it will be launching trials on a $100,000 shark-detecting sonar technology. The technology is expected to be able to detect the large fish and then text the information back to lifesavers on the ground to take early action. While this cutting-edge innovation could bring the country a step closer to Read More…

Researchers Identify Cause of Endangered Missouri River Pallid…

The Fish Site 27 January 2015 US - US Fisheries scientists have discovered that oxygen-depleted dead zones between dams in the upper Missouri River are directly linked with the failure of the endangered pallid sturgeon hatched embryos to survive to adulthood. Pallid sturgeon come from a genetic line that has lived on this planet for tens of millions of years; yet it has been decades since Read More…

Scientists call for prompt action to protect Yok Don National Park

VietNamNet Bridge 26 January 2015 Covering an area of 115,545 hectares, 93 percent of which is dipterocarp forest, Yok Don bears the typical characteristics of Southeast Asia's tropical forests. Scientists say there are 489 animal and over 100 insect species living in the park. Of Indochina’s 56 rare and precious animal species, 36 species can be found in Yok Don, including 17 species Read More…

A new satellite-based surveillance system will keep a sharp eye on…

The Economist 22 January 2015 THE Yongding is something of a ghost ship, disappearing and changing her name many times, along with her flag of registration. The 62-metre vessel was last spotted on January 13th in a marine conservation area in the Southern Ocean, blatantly hauling up outlawed gill nets laden with toothfish, a catch so prized that it is known as “white gold”. Interpol is Read More…

India’s tiger population surges due to conservation efforts

The Week 21 January 2015 India has reported a significant surge in its tiger population, with numbers rising by 30 per cent in the last four years due to conservation programmes. "While the tiger population is falling in the world, it is rising in India. This is great news," said the country's environment minister Prakash Javadekar. According to the latest census, there were 2,226 tigers Read More…

Fishing Industry Hit Hard by Climate Change

Epoch Times 18 January 2015 Climate change is already having a severe impact on the atmosphere and oceans around the world. These changes are also impacting specific economic sectors including the fishing and aquaculture industries. According to a recent report by the European Climate Foundation, the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership and the University of Cambridge, the fishing industry is Read More…

Japan to help Vietnam qualify catches for sale at world’s largest…

Tuoi Tre News 16 January 2015 A Japanese fish association wants to transfer processing techniques to Vietnamese fishermen so that their catches can be qualified to be sold at a renowned fish market in Tokyo, an association official said Thursday. Vietnam is among the countries which Tsukiji, the largest wholesale fish market in Tokyo, aims to reach during its global expansion, Tsunenori Read More…

The industrial revolution of the oceans will imperil wildlife, says…

Stanford Report 16 January 2015 In the past 500 years, human activity has led to 500 species of land animals going extinct, a rate that has caused scientists to warn of a sixth mass extinction. Although the situation in the oceans might seem less dire, with only 15 extinctions of marine animals in this period, a group of scientists now warn that rapid industrialization of the seas could Read More…

Changing river: Resources of Mekong to be studied

The Phnom Penh Post 5 January 2015 Heeding calls for more study of the Mekong, Cambodia and Laos have launched a project to monitor transboundary fisheries resources. On Friday, experts from the government-run Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute launched the implementation phase of the project. Over the next three years, the World Bank-funded program will train fisherman Read More…

Global bird conservation could be four-times more cost effective

Science Daily 5 January 2015 Targeting conservation efforts to safeguard biodiversity, rather than focusing on charismatic species, could make current spending on threatened birds four times more effective, a new study has shown. The research, by Imperial College London and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), is the first to link the costs of protecting threatened species with their Read More…