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

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:20:55 +0000

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”. In [...]

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20 Pound Asian Carp Found Past Great Lakes Defenses

Scott James — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:37:52 +0000

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 [...]

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Does Climate Change Cause Crime?

Scott James — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:58:48 +0000

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, [...]

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Oceans Without Fish in 40 Years?

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:20:18 +0000

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 [...]

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UN: Dock 13 Million Fishing Boats to Save Global Stocks

Jennifer Lance — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:10:09 +0000

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 [...]

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Will There Be a 2010 Salmon Fishing Season on the West Coast?

Jennifer Lance — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:59:35 +0000

West Coast families, tribes, and communities that rely on salmon fishing for their sustenance, once again are faced with bleak options for the 2010 salmon, although the outlook is improved over the 2009 season, especially for sport fisherman. Beleageured by previous poor runs on the Klamath and Sacramento Rivers, commercial salmon season could be closed [...]

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Endangered Ocean Species Won’t Get International Trade Protection

Scott James — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:20:10 +0000

U.N. delegates from around the world gathered at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) in Qatar this week- their mission? To vote on international regulations governing the trade in endangered species. For the urban layman, their decisions affect how much tuna we can have for sushi or [...]

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Human Rights vs. World’s Largest Marine Reserve

Jennifer Lance — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:14:46 +0000

The Chagos Islands forms an archipelago in the Indian Ocean and is a “hotspot” of biodiversity containing the largest coral atoll. The British government plans to make 210,000 sq km surrounding the Chagos Islands into the “world’s largest marine reserve;” however, these islands have a “sordid” past. In the late 1960s, the United States [...]

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