News

July, 2008

• 24 July

  Drive To Save Sea Turtles

  (From gulf-daily-news.com)- Bahrain is launching a national campaign to help protect its sea turtles, it was announced yesterday. It comes after a study by the Bahrain Centre for the Studies and Research (BCSR) that revealed 170 sea turtles died due to people fishing with nets in the first quarter of …
• 24 July

  Shark Population Declining due To Long Line Fishing

  

  (From miadhu.com.mv) – Maldives Fishermen Union has revealed that the decline in the shark and dolphin population in Maldives waters is due to the increase in long line fisheries activities. This was revealed in a letter sent to fisheries and agriculture minister Hussain Hilmy by the Fishermen Union. According to …
• 23 July

  Chile Joins Latam Whale And Dolphin Watching Tourism

  

  (From mercopress.com) – The whale-watching craze really started in 1998 in Argentina, when whale research and observation activities began to develop in the southern province of Chubut. Argentina, Brazil and Mexico are the Latin American countries which have most profited from whale tourism, and Chile has now decided to join …
• 23 July

  Brigitte Bardot Hails EU Push To Ban Imports Of Products From Seal Hunts

  

  (From canadianpress.google.com) Paris –  Former French movie star turned animal activist Brigitte Bardot is applauding the EU proposal for an import ban on products derived from seals killed in a cruel way. Bardot told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the “30-year-long battle … is about to be won.”
• 23 July

  400-Pound Sunfish Washes Ashore In Md.

  

  (From delawareonline.com)- The 400-pound carcass of a rare deep-water fish washed ashore at 26th Street, apparently killed by the propeller of a large boat.Ocean City lifeguards found the ocean sunfish with four parallel slices to its body, with part of its head also missing from a propeller strike, said Beach …
• 23 July

  Bush Calls For Offshore Drilling

  (From australia.to) – In a news conference at the White House, Mr Bush told Congress there was “no excuse for delay” in lifting the ban. Since 1981, a congressional moratorium has prohibited oil and gas drilling along the east and west coasts and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, an …
• 23 July

  Commission proposes trade ban in products from seals to improve animal welfare

  

  The European Commission adopted today a proposal for a regulation banning the trading of seal products within, into, and from the European Union to ensure that products derived from seals killed and skinned in ways that cause pain, distress and suffering are not found on the European market. Trade in …
• 23 July

  Taiwan Restaurant To Cut Down Serving Shark’s Fin After Protests

  

  (From monstersandcritics.com)Taipei – Taiwan”s most exclusive restaurant on Wednesday gave in to protests from US and Taiwanese conservation groups and agreed to remove serving shark”s fin from its banquet menus. However, the Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST) demands the restaurant remove shark”s fin completely, not just from a …
• 23 July

  Three Crew Members Of The Trawler Atria: Accused Of Fish Dumping

  

  (From courtnews.co.nz) – Crew members videoed hoki being illegally dumped at sea by a foreign trawler in a “classic over-fishing scenario”, the crown is alleging in a six-week trial that began in the Christchurch District Court today. The crown case against three Polish crew members on the Maltese-registered trawler Atria …
• 22 July

  Is Mankind Killing Penguins Washing Ashore On Brazil’s Coast?

  

  (From mcclatchydc.com)- No one has yet conducted a formal study of the phenomenon, but Brazilian scientists also blamed human activity for throwing off the penguins” migration. Some said a recent oil spill off the coast of Uruguay might have wiped out fish populations there, forcing the penguins to search farther …
• 22 July

  Global Warming Forces Innovative Sea Turtle Protection

  

  (From news.nationalgeographic.com) – Scientists here and elsewhere are increasingly finding they have no choice but to intervene as a warming Earth, changing ocean conditions, and coastal development threaten to outpace the sea turtles” ability to adapt. This realization has sparked a growing discussion among conservationists on how to help species …
• 22 July

  Hunters Set Sights on Bigger Predator Quotas

  

  (From yle.fi)- The Finnish Hunters” Federation is demanding the right to shoot more large predators and seals. In a letter submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on Tuesday, the group argues that the populations of bear, wolf, lynx and grey seal are all growing briskly and remove all …