Paul Eccleston Mar 5th 2010
Severn Bridge picture: Chris J Bowley
A proposed barrage across the Severn Estuary could destroy one of Britain’s most prized natural resources, a new report warns.
The scramble to harness the massive renewable power the Severn tides could generate threatens an internationally important wildlife site, according to the Wildlife Trusts’ report.
It claims that none of the five [...]
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Charles Clover Mar 1st 2010
by Charles Clover and Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Portal Picture of shark poaching in Chagos: MRAG
THE government’s chief scientist and his wife have made £500,000 in the past year in a company overseeing commercial fishing that allegedly threatens one of the world’s most pristine marine environments.
Professor John Beddington and his wife, Caroline, are joint shareholders in Marine Resources [...]
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Paul Eccleston Feb 18th 2010
French fishermen are flouting EU rules and selling baby eels to China at a massive profit, a conservation group alleges.
One in every three eels caught should go towards a recovery plan aimed at restocking European wetlands and rivers which have suffered a dramatic decline in eel numbers.
Already three tons of eel have been sold to [...]
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Paul Eccleston Feb 16th 2010
The Japanese are the world champions when it comes to eating seafood.
They eat more fish per head than any other nation – putting away on average 65 kilos every year – three times the amount eaten by Americans and Chinese, and 13 times more than they eat in India.
But the Japanese know nothing about over-fishing [...]
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Paul Eccleston Feb 10th 2010
Portal picture: Pinprick
Britain’s biggest seafood supplier has dropped European eel and North Atlantic halibut from its product list.
Both species are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List as critically endangered – only one step away from extinction in the wild.
The move by M&J Seafood was widely welcomed by conservation groups who [...]
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Charles Clover Feb 7th 2010
The Spanish version of The End of the Line, the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans, was launched by MarViva Foundation, Oceana Europe and renowned singer Miguel Bose in Madrid on Feb 3.
The film examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for [...]
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Paul Eccleston Feb 3rd 2010
Portal picture: Greenpeace
A worldwide ban on trade in the endangered bluefin tuna has moved a step closer after France pledged its support for the move.
In a significant move the French said they would support the listing of bluefin tuna under appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) but with conditions.
French [...]
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Paul Eccleston Feb 2nd 2010
By David Suzuki and Faisal Moola
Pictures: Charlotte Kinzie
Salmon have played a central role in the lives and culture of Pacific Northwest people throughout history. Their abundance in the oceans and rivers made them a major source of protein for hundreds of First Nations villages, and they were also crucial to trade. [...]
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Paul Eccleston Feb 2nd 2010
Scientists have developed an alternative to fishmeal used across the world to feed farmed fish.
By using micro-nutrients as a supplement they have been able to cut the amount of fishmeal in the food to 15 per cent without affecting the quality or taste of the fish.
Aquaculture – breeding fish for human consumption – has grown [...]
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Charles Clover Jan 31st 2010
The assumption that fish from farms can feed the world as catches of wild fish decline is “a fiction” and based on official figures now known to be suspect, Dr Daniel Pauly, a leading scientist said yesterday.
Dr Pauly said official UN figures showed farmed fish account for nearly half of all fish consumed by humans [...]
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