Ocean Conservation News – 11/02/2023
Bering Sea Fish bounty brings help, headaches for trawlers https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/bering-sea-fish-bounty-brings-help-headaches-for-trawlers/ This gives them a…
This gives them a big stake in the largest-volume seafood harvest in North America, which in 2022 yielded more than 2.4 billion pounds of pollock for products that are mainstays of U.S. and international seafood markets, including McDonald’s fish sandwiches.
https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=444271
“Realising the importance of marine resources, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman established the Marine Fisheries Academy in 1973.
https://www.argusmedia.com/en//news/2504804-isa-resumes-deepsea-mining-discussions
The 30 October-8 November meeting follows three weeks of negotiations in July that ended with no adoption of any fast-tracked deep-sea mining regulations.
In the beautiful, blustery seaside city of Cornwall, a woman runs a hospital for injured seals amid volunteer work rescuing all kinds of sea life, and was recently awarded the Animal Action Award for her heroic work.
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-farming-tuna-heralded-sustainability-animal.html#google_vignette
Atlantic bluefin tuna used to be caught only relatively rarely, mainly by sports fishermen in North America. But this all changed in the 1950s when consumers of sushi, particularly in Japan, developed more of a taste for the species.
Bering Sea Fish bounty brings help, headaches for trawlers https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/bering-sea-fish-bounty-brings-help-headaches-for-trawlers/ This gives them a…
UN endorses marine conservation project https://www.miragenews.com/un-endorses-marine-conservation-project-1112280/ The project is one of more than 400…
Loggerhead sea turtles nested in record numbers the summer after Hurricane Ian https://news.wgcu.org/section/environment/2023-10-26/loggerhead-sea-turtles-nested-in-record-numbers-the-summer-after-hurricane-ian Despite…
Major change to Aussie’s City beaches in wake of fatal shark attacks https://au.news.yahoo.com/major-change-perth-beaches-in-wake-of-fatal-shark-attacks-054131546.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHMiMOHIfz3CSiLYB_zPZ0PTa28blR93zfiipeft-jP86OeVUI9_n7dF4WQOyhzS8CEPMWrsJy-F_Q7j7DlDEhaYv2W_uMgytxPX6Fa3G0qqaMCAHaOxHSD1r7q-Z5wMVL4ZgT-1Xr52l3hjPDisaR66nN3_h13V3zchtDRiwWJG Shark…
The tradeoff between conservation and animal welfare https://thevarsity.ca/2023/10/22/the-tradeoff-between-conservation-and-animal-welfare/ When invasive species get in the…
Decline of rare right whale appears to be slowing, but big threats remain https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/decline-rare-whale-appears-slowing-scientists-big-threats-104217324…
Extreme ocean temperatures threaten to wipe out Carribean coral https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/extreme-ocean-temperatures-threaten-wipe-caribbean-coral-rcna120594 “The entire Caribbean right…
Deepest known coral reef bleaching discovered, alarming scientists https://www.earth.com/news/deepest-known-coral-reef-bleaching-discovered-alarming-scientists/ In a startling discovery that…
Sea change: New blueprint for Southern Ocean https://www.miragenews.com/sea-change-new-blueprint-for-southern-ocean-1106225/ More than 200 scientists, including several…
President Biden urged to ban Mexican fish imports, stop mass killing of endangered sea…