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Vaquita porpoise takes centre stage at Whaling Commission meeting.

Posted by Willie — 27 October 2016 at 4:25pm - Comments
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All rights reserved. Credit: Tom Jefferson

Big news for a little porpoise.

Something big just happened for the tiny vaquita porpoise at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting. The diminutive porpoise was the subject of a resolution, passed by all the countries present, urging concerted international cooperation to save the species from extinction.

Article tagged as: baiji, biodiversity, bycatch, CITES, dolphins, endangered species, extinction, illegal fishing, International Whaling Commission, IWC, oceans, totoaba, vaquita

Governments fail bluefin in Doha

Posted by Willie — 18 March 2010 at 4:13pm - Comments

The breaking news today is that governments at the CITES meeting at Doha have voted AGAINST a trade ban on Atlantic bluefin.

Words cannot express how frustrating this is. The science and scientific backing is incontrovertible. The public will and pressure is immense. The species could be  commercially extinct within just a few years.

Article tagged as: ban, bluefin, CITES, doha, extinction, mediterranean, oceans, trade, tuna

Passing pigeons

Posted by Willie — 6 May 2007 at 9:00am - Comments

Follow the crew of the Arctic Sunrise on their campaign for Marine Reserves in our North Sea Tour blog

A couple of rock doves passed over the Arctic Sunrise this morning, heading for nearby cliffs on Fetlar. These birds are typically found on cliffs like those around Shetland, but are probably better known as the feral pigeons that have colonised the artificial cliffs we have built in our towns and cities.

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, cod, extinction, marine reserves, north sea, oceans, passenger pigeons, scotland, shetland

Overfishing - emptying our seas

Last edited 11 November 2014 at 2:07pm

Many marine ecologists think that the biggest single threat to marine ecosystems today is overfishing. Our appetite for fish is exceeding the oceans' ecological limits with devastating impacts - and there is now estimated to be four times more global fishing capacity than there are fish left to catch.

Video: Stephen Appelby imagines the fate of the oceans without marine reserves

Article tagged as: bottom trawling, bycatch, extinction, fish, oceans, overfishing

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