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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog: Fishing ban called for Bluefin tuna
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog. Saturday, 10 November 2007. Fishing ban called for Bluefin tuna. WWF is calling for a three year closure of the fisheries industry in European waters. The timing of this proclaimation is aligned with the meeting of International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) — meeting from 9 to 18 November in Antalya, Turkey. This is a follow up to an earlier blog on Bluefin Tuna, click here. This latest story can be found here:. Living Seas Hong Kong.
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog: Use of Shark products in cosmetics
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog. Tuesday, 12 February 2008. Use of Shark products in cosmetics. In an article titled "Unilever ends the use of shark products in its cosmetics" Oceana also point the way to consumers needing to be better informed of what osmetic firms are using in their cosmetics. Actually I was completely ignorant of this use. But not anymore. Full article can be found here. Http:/ www.oceana.org/europe/media/press-releases/press release/0/746/. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog: Lessons from the visit to Hong Kong of a humpback whale
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog. Sunday, 17 May 2009. Lessons from the visit to Hong Kong of a humpback whale. The visit in early/mid March of a humpback whale in Hong Kong was an amazing and unexpected event, and provoked a lot of interest with the Hong Kong public. If only such a proactive approach could be taken with other species that are not protected in Hong Kong, such as the whale shark. Visit the website from Living Seas Hong Kong to read the full article. ( Click HERE. Chevron barracud...
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog: Fish don't have many friends
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog. Thursday, 6 December 2007. Fish don't have many friends. This is so true. We all love polar bears and tigers, flamingos and eagles but how many friends do fascinating fish have? Thanks to Dr. Martin for passing me this. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Some of the underwater photos are now on FLICKR. Living Seas Hong Kong. WWF-HK "SHARKS - Masters of the sea no more": - the threats facing sharks. WWF HK - Seafood guide. Pink anemone (Amphiron perideraion).
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog: EU closed Bluefin tuna fisheries for the rest of 2007
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog. Thursday, 20 September 2007. EU closed Bluefin tuna fisheries for the rest of 2007. There are three bluefin tuna species, all provide the highly prized flesh for sushi and shashimi in Japanese restaurants worlwide. All species are critically endangered due to overfishing. Northern bluefin tuna (. Southern bluefin tuna (. Pacific bluefin tuna (. We should all reduce consumption of this fish. See the seafood guides for more information:. Living Seas Hong Kong.
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog: South East Asia's Oceans running out of fish
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog. Thursday, 8 November 2007. South East Asia's Oceans running out of fish. A new report from Australia's Lowy Institute spells out what we have all know for a long time, overfishing in South East Asia is depleting SE Asia's fish stocks and coral reefs. Http:/ www.enn.com/top stories/article/24297. Fisheries in the region have expanded dramatically in the past few decades. Recommendations in the report include. The principle of stakeholder inclusion in its fisherie...
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog: WWF-HK starts a shark fin campaign
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog. Monday, 10 December 2007. WWF-HK starts a shark fin campaign. WWF Hong Kong has launched a shark fin campaign on the 3rd December, aimed at highlighting the. Most shark fisheries are poorly managed and unsustainable. Huge wastage, 90-95% of the shark is disposed of after the fins are cut off. 20% of the 546 shark species on the IUCN redlist are threatened with extinction. Consumers should stop eating shark fin and restaurants should stop selling it. Critically e...
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog: Bluefin tuna in trouble
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog. Thursday, 23 October 2008. Bluefin tuna in trouble. This is an excellent post from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Have a look at the video as well:. Http:/ www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr seafoodwatch/sfw sushi tuna.aspx. We need to stop eating endangered species. The Monteray Bay aquarium does a great job of highlighting the seafood to eat and the seafood to avoid. I have blogged previously about other regional seafood guides. Have a look. Living Seas Hong Kong.
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog: Cutting total catches increases profitability
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog. Monday, 10 December 2007. Cutting total catches increases profitability. Research is showing that fishermen will make even more profit than thought if they let stocks rebuild. The simple reason is that when stocks are plentiful they become easier and cheaper to catch. This is not rocket science but is a departure from traditional fisheries management, where the maximum highest sustainable catches are set so as to not deplete stocks. 2 February 2008 at 20:16.
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog: Whaling starts again in earnest
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Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog. Tuesday, 27 November 2007. Whaling starts again in earnest. The Japanese have been routinely slammed in the western press for increasing their planned hunts for whales this year and to include humpback whales for the first time in decades. Under the pretense of scientific research they are planning to kill more than 1000 whales. The slaughter of endangered fin and humpback whales is inexcusable. These species are IUCN listed, respectively as. All species in the ...
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