1st High Seas Marine Protected Area in Southern Ocean — More Diverse than Galapagos Islands
Nov/090
Fishing and refuse disposal are to be banned in the 1st high seas Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Southern Ocean, an area of the ocean that contains more species than the Galapagos Islands.
This will allow scientists to monitor the effects of climate change in this region. This is only the first of possibly twelve such areas.
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1st High Seas Marine Protected Area in Southern Ocean — More Diverse than Galapagos Islands
An Albatross Dies Every Five Minutes
Nov/090
Once cursed with killing dolphins, tuna fishing is now being blamed for a shocking reduction in albatross numbers.
Long line fishing is being blamed for a startling drop in the number of albatrosses around the world. Fish, squid and other bait are trailed on hooks behind a trawler to catch tuna and swordfish.
However, because the hooks for these fish are set just below the surface it attracts albatrosses who think they’ve spotted a nice free meal and dive into the water to get it.
Instead they get hooked and tangled in the line, dragged under the water, and drowned. In many cases the bait has been dislodged meaning that hook will now catch nothing.
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An Albatross Dies Every Five Minutes
Charlie the Tuna Faces Extinction
Sep/090
According to Greenpeace and the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST), Pacific tuna could face extinction by 2048, due to overfishing, pirate fishing and exploitation.
In a news conference held last week, the two groups recommended a 50 percent reduction in tuna catches and asked the Taiwan government to support the Western and Central Pacific Fishery Commission (WCPCF), to “close the four pockets of international waters in the Pacific Ocean as marine reserves to sustain the tuna stock.” The WCPCF, also known as the Pacific Tuna Commission, is a decision making body comprised of 27 countries and territories around the world that manages tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.
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