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Increased CO2 in World’s Oceans Causes Fish to be Attracted to Predators

Posted on Jul 23, 2010 by Jennifer Lance.

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Human activity is not only causing increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in our atmosphere, but our oceans are suffering as well. CO2 absorption causes the water to become more acidic, which in turn alters marine life’s natural instincts to avoid predation. Researchers fear the results will have “far-reaching consequences for the sustainability of fish populations”.
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20 Pound Asian Carp Found Past Great Lakes Defenses

Posted on Jul 13, 2010 by Scott James.

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So it happened. The first Asian carp was found past the electric barrier designed specifically to keep them out of Lake Michigan. And the thing weighed 20 pounds. After several suits against Illinois to close the shipping waterways that separate the Mississippi River and Great Lakes water basins and losing every time, including in the Supreme Court, Michigan’s worst fears have materialized.
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Does Climate Change Cause Crime?

Posted on Jun 25, 2010 by Scott James.

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Here’s the theory: climate change contributes to rising temperatures and dropping water levels, which in turn leads to lower catch volume and smaller fish, which pushes some Lake Naivasha fishermen in Nairobi’s Rift Valley to cast their nets into the world of crime. Naivasha police say that most of their recent arrests for kidnapping, rape, robbery, carjackings and other crimes have been of fishermen, up to ten a week. In addition, fishing has become so difficult that fishing “cartels” are forming, and some have been killed for fishing in a group’s regular territory.
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Oceans Without Fish in 40 Years?

Posted on Jun 02, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

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Ok, “without fish” is a little bit of an overstatement, but a new report out by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and leading economists warns us that if fishing policies don’t change, all commercial fisheries could collapse in the next 40 years, which is pretty dramatic. UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner has made it clear that we really are heading towards unprecedented disaster if policies aren’t changed:

“Fisheries across the world are being plundered, or exploited at unsustainable rates. It is a failure of management of what will prove to be monumental proportions unless addressed.”
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UN: Dock 13 Million Fishing Boats to Save Global Stocks

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Jennifer Lance.

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Stark predictions lie ahead for the fishing industry if action is not taken immediately to preserve stock, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). Warning that “virtually all commercial fisheries will have collapsed by 2050 unless urgent action is taken”, scientists estimated 13 million boats need to stop fishing immediately to save global fish populations. Such drastic measures would shrink the world fleet to seven million vessels.

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