Archive for ‘fish’
UN says warming threatens fish stocks
February 23rd, 2008
Major world commercial fish stocks could collapse within decades as global warming compounds damage from pollution and overfishing, U.N. officials said Friday.
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Calif. Salmon Collapse Roils Fishing Industry
February 4th, 2008
Federal fishery regulators say the number of chinook salmon returning to the Sacramento River and its tributaries last fall was astonishingly low. The figures could trigger economic hardships from Central California to the Canadian border.
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Grey seal baby boom
January 12th, 2008
Grey seals returned to the North Sea island in the late 1980s. They are now thriving thanks to a plentiful supply of fish and no natural predators. The Heligoland seal pups are being tagged to track their movements and better understand their behaviour. Scientists think female grey seals return to…
Popularity: 3%
Polluition fear as thousands of dead fish float up in Indian river
December 19th, 2007
Thousands of dead fish have been found on the banks of the Brahmaputra river in India’s northeastern Assam state, raising fears of chemical pollution, news reports said Wednesday.
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Balinese farm coral to boost fish catch, income
December 9th, 2007
Algae-covered lumps of cement would make a strange catch for most fishermen, but they have helped revive a Bali fishing village devastated by reckless tourist development and ‘mining’ of reefs for building materials.
Popularity: 5%
Volunteers Come Out In Force To Rescue Delta Fish
December 3rd, 2007
Volunteers saved thousands of fish this weekend in the delta, where thousands more perished after the government drained the area for levee repairs.
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State Lifts Fishing Ban Prompted By Oil Spill
November 30th, 2007
Governor Schwarzenegger and state officials have lifed a fishing ban in San Francisco Bay imposed after a massive oil spill November 7th. Manuel Ramos reports.
Popularity: 5%
Sea Lion Seen Feasting In Sacramento River
November 22nd, 2007
A frisky, frolicking sea lion has been seen feasting on salmon in the Sacramento River today. It’s becoming a more common and worrisome site as some fishing groups blame sea lions for the dwindling salmon population.
Popularity: 6%
Oil profits trickling down? Not for Cameroon fishermen
November 14th, 2007
While world oil prices surge to record levels — bringing unheard-of profits to international oil majors — African communities complain that they are not getting their share of the cash. Four years after the opening of a 1,000 kilometre pipeline bringing crude from Chad to an export terminal on the coast of Cameroon, fishermen working near the multi-million-dollar facility claim …
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Teens Arrested For Animal Cruelty
November 5th, 2007
Two Palm Harbor teens were arrested after they dumped dishwashing detergent into a neighbor’s koi fish pond on Sunday.
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Freshwater fish faces extinction
November 1st, 2007
More than one in three of Europe’s freshwater fish species faces extinction because ecosystems are being destroyed, the World Conservation Union said Thursday.
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Making choices about fish the legal way
June 19th, 2007
Here’s how making choices about your dinner can help save species.
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