The oceans are in dire need of protection – fish stocks are declining, sensitive seafloor habitats are being degraded and lost, species are at risk of extinction.
April, 2018
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9 April
Indonesia seizes illegal fishing boat with 30-km nets
Indonesia, acting on a request from Interpol, has seized a fishing boat carrying 600 illegal gillnets that can stretch up to 30 km (18 miles) after it evaded capture in several countries, the Fisheries Ministry said.
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9 April
Parks authority: Beached sea turtles likely dead when painted, abused
Hebrew media reports said that rocks were also found near the turtles’ bodies — which were daubed with what appeared to be red paint — prompting concerns the animals had been stoned to death on Betzet Beach, just south of Rosh Hanikra on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon.
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8 April
Fish populations in Great Barrier Reef collapse after devastating coral bleaching events
The coral bleaching events that have devastated the Great Barrier Reef in recent years have also taken their toll on the region’s fish population, according to a new study.
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8 April
Japanese ships leave for whale hunt off northeastern coast
Japanese ships left a port in northeastern Japan on Thursday to conduct what the government calls research whaling off the coast in the Pacific Ocean through late April, a whaling group said.
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7 April
Sperm whale washed up dead on Spanish coast after swallowing 64 Lbs of plastic
A sperm whale found dead on the coast of Murcia in southern Spain was killed by gastric shock caused by ingesting 29 kilos (64 lb) of plastic waste, authorities in the region said on Friday.
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6 April
Indonesia blames coal ship for oil spill
The environment ministry said the oil covered an area of nearly 13,000 hectares and had polluted 60km of coastal ecosystems, including mangrove wetlands and marine mammal habitats.
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5 April
New study in oxygen-deprived black sea provides insights on future carbon budget
Scientists are studying the oxygen-deprived waters of the Black Sea to help answer questions about the deepest parts of the ocean and Earth’s climate.
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5 April
Canada’s DFO has just announced the seal hunt is to begin on Monday, April 9
Canada’s DFO has just announced the seal hunt is to begin on Monday, April 9. These seal killers waste no time, so we are expecting a bloody massacre of tens of thousands of defenseless pups to take place within just the first days.
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5 April
Norway’s whaling season begins
April 1st saw the start of the whaling season in Norway. Despite a widely-accepted international moratorium on commercial whaling, Norway and Iceland continue to hunt minke whales in the North Atlantic as they objected to the agreement.
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5 April
Wake up call: Indian forests, mangroves turning brown from green
Rising temperatures and changes in land use are turning large fractions of India’s core forests and mangroves from green to brown, a new study has revealed.
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4 April
People are riding the leatherbacks…again: Trinidad
Conservationists are outraged over a video on social media showing people attempting to ride a leatherback turtle over the Easter weekend.