Ocean Conservation News – 11/02/2023

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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 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.

Government to harness potential of ocean based economic

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.

ISA resumes deep-sea mining discussions

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.

Ocean Lover saves 1,000 seals off Britain and even built them a hospital

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ocean-lover-saves-1000-seals-off-britain-and-even-built-them-a-hospital/

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.

Farming tuna on land heralded as a win for sustainability, but there are serious concerns about animal welfare

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.

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