Fisheries news archive
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Global financing urgently needed for multibillion dollar oceans and coasts
Governments attending a major conference on the Convention of Biological Diversity in Kuala Lumpur ...
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Up to 26 times more fish found on reefs near mangrove forests
A new Nature study co-authored by a WWF scientist has found the strongest link to date between the ...
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Ban proposed on bottom-trawl fishing around Azores, Madeira, and Canaries Islands
WWF welcomes a proposal tabled today by the European Commission to ban the use of bottom-trawl ...
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The future of Fiji's live rock
Used as a reef base in tropical salt-water aquariums, live rock is an important source of income ...
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Yet another win for the Great Barrier Reef
Australia's Federal Court has ruled that potential impacts on the Great Barrier Reef arising from a ...
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Canada's 'underwater Grand Canyon' to be protected!
The Gully - a huge underwater canyon that is home to endangered bottlenose whales and many other ...
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Second big win for Great Barrier Reef in 3 days!
Following the tabling of plan to protect more than 11 million hectares of the Great Barrier Reef ...
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New plan for Great Barrier Reef a stunning achievement
Australia's Federal Parliament today tabled a plan to protect more than 11 million hectares of the ...
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Call for moratorium to protect seamounts from high seas bottom trawling
Major conservation organizations today called for a moratorium on bottom trawling in the high seas ...
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Tourists to pay before they play
Tourists wishing to dive in Batangas, the Philippines, now have to pay a small fee to help finance ...
