Conservation (Page 2)
A Billion Baby TurtlesThe Ocean Foundation | 27 Mar 2013If you've watched Animal Planet you know that odds are generally working against sea turtles.From the moment an egg is deposited in a sandy nest on a tropical beach, to the first time a baby turtle touches the sea, to decades later when she returns as an adult to lay her own eggs on very same beach, life is an endless series of life-and-death challenges for a sea turtle.
Conservation Pew drops anchor in EuropeWorld Fishing | 21 Mar 2013The American NGO Pew Charitable Trusts is spending millions of dollars financing NGOs that deal with marine conservation by coming into public and legal conflicts with the American fishing industry and management, reports Menakhem Ben-Yami.
Conservation | Fisheries | Non-Living Resources Third Ramsar Site in United Arab EmiratesRamsar Convention | 19 Mar 2013The UAE has designated its third Wetland of International Importance, effective 10 March 2013 and located in the emirate of Sharjah. The Mangrove and Alhafeya Protected Area in Khor Kalba, a National Protected Area, is located in the far east of the country near the border with Oman and comprises coastal subtidal, intertidal (sand beach, mangroves, mud and tidal channels), supratidal sand, salt marsh and saline flats.
Indian Ocean | Blue Carbon | Conservation Wildlife meeting gives 100s of species protectionNew Zealand Herald | 15 Mar 2013A 12-day global wildlife conference concluded after granting better protection to hundreds of threatened animal and plant species. More than 1,000 delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora voted to introduce trade regulations for vulnerable animal species such as sharks, manta rays, tortoises and turtles.
Conservation | Fish Beachcombers to hunt out 'mermaid's purses' to help protect sharksGuardian Unlimited | 15 Mar 2013Members of the Co-operative in the UK are being recruited to take part in an egg hunt with a difference - looking for shark eggs on beaches. The Shark Trust's "great eggcase hunt" will see volunteers heading to the coast to search for the eggcases, known as "mermaid's purses", in which the young of many skates and rays and some sharks are laid.
Atlantic Ocean | Conservation | Fish CITES 16 (blog)The Ocean Foundation | 15 Mar 2013 The glow of the screen in the darkened house is mesmerizing"Whitetip (sharks) protected!"Mantas protected!Hammerheads protected!
Conservation | Fish | Fisheries Shark fin soup still on offerNew Zealand Herald | 14 Mar 2013Shark-fin soup is available at many of Auckland's Chinese restaurants despite a determined environmental campaign to ban the collection of fins.The soup is a staple part of Chinese banquets such as weddings and celebratory birthday dinners.
Conservation | Fisheries Ocean in Focus Conservation Photo Contest 2012 Finalistsmarinephotobank.org | 14 Mar 2013SeaWeb and Lindblad Expeditions would like to extend our gratitude to all those who competed, tweeted, and helped spread the word about the 5th Ocean in Focus conservation photo contest. Images contributed from around the world tell stories of peril, passion and perseverance. The following six finalists will now compete in the grand prize photo essay competition.
Conservation New International Regulations Could Stop Shark Finning (opinion)biodiversity-l.iisd.org | 14 Mar 2013In the past, sharks have been better known for their deadly attacks on surfers or as the main delicacy in shark fin soup, but what is now making headlines in the science sections of newspapers around the world is that prolonged over-fishing of sharks has led to the lowest shark populations ever seen. A key international meeting in Thailand may finally put a stop to this.
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