Posts by Tag: endangered fish
Endangered Ocean Species Won’t Get International Trade Protection
Posted on Mar 31, 2010 by Scott James.
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 how many shark-fins are allowed in the market. There were four proposals to tightly regulate, rather than ban, trade in several endangered marine species. Somehow, three of the four proposals were rejected. Bans on bluefin tuna trade and regulations on coral were also defeated.
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Sockeye Salmon Return to the Snake River
Posted on Aug 29, 2009 by Scott James.
During the sockeye salmon spawning season of 1992, one salmon was named “Lonesome Larry” because he was the only fish to complete the migration that year. This year, Larry’s descendants are not so lonesome.
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Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Eliminated by House; Will Senate Save Them?
Posted on Jul 02, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.
The 2010 Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund was not funded by the US House of Representatives in the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill. President Obama had called for $50 million to aid restoring the species, but Congressman Doc Hastings’ (R-WA) amendment was rejected by House Democrats. Funding for salmon recovery was not eliminated entirely, but the money will be transferred to a “broad, nationwide, federal-agency-driven recovery program that dilutes salmon dollars to any project of any sort anywhere in the country, including salmon that aren’t endangered or at risk.”
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New Documentary Provides an Inconvenient Truth for Fish
Posted on Jun 17, 2009 by Reenita Malhotra.
A new documentary film, End of the Line, released at cinemas nationwide on World Ocean Day (8th June), warns that overfishing the bluefin tuna could result in the end of seafood by 2048 because all fishing stocks will collapse as a result of overfishing.
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