Brazil and Argentina said this week they would resubmit a proposal to the International Whaling Commission next month to ban whaling in the Atlantic Ocean south of the equator.
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A rare freshwater dolphin found only in China’s huge Yangtze River could die out within the next 10 years unless fishing methods there change, a global conservation body said.
The belief that soup and jelly made from the Chinese three-striped box turtle can cure cancer has reduced populations of this species to a few remnants in Northern Vietnam and China.
The destruction wrought on the world’s oceans by industrial fishing is made clear in a shocking new report. Full Story
‘I just thought I’d drop you a line to update the Ventry story from last week. The news item on your website leaves the story unfinished… I found the three dolphins at about 10.00am just after the morning high tide at the very western end of Ventry beach, an area called Cuan. We often find
The Faroe Islands, a territory of Denmark under Home Rule Government, has had its plans for trade in whale meat dashed by the CITES Secretariat, which has ruled that trade would violate the treaty.
Norwegian scientists have dashed whalers’ hopes of exporting a “blubber mountain” by ruling the fat is too toxic for human consumption. Full S
US Congress is considering a bill that would exempt the military from key environmental laws. Full Story
It was a surprise call fish farm owner Haji Zairial Abidin bin Penghulu Hail Ibrahim least expected yesterday morning. Full Story
On 5 May 2003, the US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer Shoup DDG 86 conducted sonar operations for five hours in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and in Haro Strait between Vancouver Island, creating one of the most obvious displays of marine mammal harassment tha