Overfishing is a problem across the EU

Deutsche Welle 24 October, 2013 The European Parliament has voted against new subsidies for the fishing industry, opting to deliver funds to conservation research and the protection of fish stocks instead. Nina Wolf from OCEAN2012 is happy at the news. The vote follows months of debate about a 6.5 billion euro fund which was earmarked for the EU's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), an Read More…

Ecological industrial zones, why not?

Viet Nam Net 21 October, 2013 More and more cries for help have been resounded from industrial zones, where people have to live together with untreated waste water, factories’ smoke and hazardous solid waste. Developing ecological industrial zones could be a solution to the problem. The participants at the workshop on the waste water management held some days ago in Can Tho City once Read More…

In China, victory for wildlife conservation as citizens persuaded to…

The Washington Post 20 October, 2013 BEIJING — Once a rare delicacy served to honored guests, shark fin soup had become so popular among China’s fast-growing elite in recent years that it was pushing some shark species close to extinction. Now, there is fresh hope for sharks around the world. The demand for shark fins has plunged, providing a rare victory for conservationists that Read More…

Indonesia needs to focus development on fisheries

Bernama 16 October, 2013 With two-third of its area as water, Indonesia should focus on developing its fishery sector to become the world's seventh biggest economy by 2030. The development model in Indonesia, the world's largest island country, is still terrestrially oriented although it is actually the fishery sector that can catapult the country into one of the world's largest economies, Read More…

Business urged to do more to save oceans: World Bank study

Reuters 16 October, 2013 Businesses should play a bigger role in helping to save depleted fish stocks as part of efforts to prevent irreversible damage to the oceans, a World-Bank backed report said on Wednesday. The study, by 21 experts including government ministers, academics, conservationists and company leaders, said policies for protecting the oceans from over-fishing, pollution and Read More…

Evidence of unsustainable fishing in the Great Barrier Reef

The University of Sydney15 October 2013 Sea cucumber fishing in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park shows worrying signs of being unsustainable. Many species being targeted are endangered and vulnerable to extinction, as determined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This situation is outlined in a study recently published in the journal Fish and Fisheries by Maria Byrne, Read More…

New marine research at your fingertips

The Jakarta Post 14 October, 2013 Conservation International (CI) announced last Friday, Oct. 10, the release of a new app, “Reef Fishes Of The East Indies”, a digital guide to every known reef fish species in the most biodiverse region on the planet, based on the book of the same name. Co-author, Mark Erdmann, CI’s senior advisor to the Indonesian Marine Program said, “Sharing Read More…

Expedition discovers 60 new species in Suriname

Global Post 13 October, 2013 A scientific expedition has discovered 60 new species, including frogs, snakes and fish, in the least accessible jungle region of southeastern Suriname, Conservation International said. A team of biologists from several countries explored remote areas of Suriname where there is no human presence and came across dozens of species native to that area that have Read More…

Japan asks WTO to intervene on S. Korean atomic fish ban

Global Post 8 October, 2013 Japan has asked the World Trade Organisation to step into a row over Seoul's import ban on fish caught in waters near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, officials said Tuesday. Tokyo wants the WTO's Sanitary and Phytosanitary Committee, which deals with food safety, to discuss South Korean rules restricting the import of marine produce from a large area of Read More…

Building a better fish trap: WCS reduces fish bycatch with escape…

Science Codex 7 October, 2013 Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute have achieved a milestone in Africa: they've helped build a better fish trap, one that keeps valuable fish in while letting undersized juvenile fish and non-target species out. By modifying conventional African basket traps with escape gaps, the marine Read More…