by faster | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Science DATE: December 11, 2019 SNIP: More than a dozen species of small whales and dolphins are headed toward extinction, a new study finds. The main reason: modern fishing nets, which trap and kill hundreds of thousands of the animals every year. The...
by faster | Oct 17, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Euractiv DATE: October 17, 2019 SNIP: The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) compared two British fishing areas of similar size, ecosystem and sediment composition, and analysed the quantity and condition of the fish species. The...
by faster | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: National Geographic DATE: October 8, 2019 SNIP: As global fish stocks that feed hundreds of millions of people dwindle, nations are scrambling to finalize by year’s end an international agreement to ban government subsidies that fuel overfishing. Yet as...
by faster | Mar 28, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: AP News Wire DATE: March 28, 2019 SNIP: The dolphins’ bodies were horribly mutilated, the fins cut off. But what shocked French marine researchers wasn’t just the brutality of the deaths of these highly intelligent mammals, but the numbers involved — a record...
