Ocean Sentry
In order to spread an environmental message, Saatchi & Saatchi South Africa has created a nice ambient marketing campaign. The agency stuck stickers on the inside of a shark tank at an aquarium. The visitors could only see the back of the stickers, making it seem as if the warning …
June, 2009
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14 June
Shark Fins Dealer Pleads Guilty to Illegally Dealing in Fins From Protected Species
Mark L. Harrison, a resident of Southport, Fla., and Harrison International LLC, a Florida corporation, today pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Atlanta to violating the Lacey Act, a federal fish and wildlife trafficking law, by dealing in shark fins, the landing of which was not reported as required …
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10 June
Casino eatery is gambling with our oceans
There is a very dangerous game being played at the Niagara Fallsview Casino that many people in the Niagara region are unaware of. It”s not slots, blackjack or poker; this game is being played with our oceans. Shark fin soup, the end result of catching sharks and tonnes of other …
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4 June
96% of Spaniards eat shark meat without knowing it
96% of Spaniards eat shark meat without even knowing it according to a study published today by the international ecology organisation “Shark Alliance”. The study, which polled of 802 people aged between 15 and 75 in various parts of the country, shows that 76.4% of those surveyed didn”t know that …
May, 2009
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29 May
Shark-fin soup pulled from Philippe restaurant’s menu
Chef Philippe Chow said Thursday he has pulled shark fin soup off the menu at his restaurants and is calling on other Asian restaurants to follow suit and boycott the use of shark fins. The Miami location of the upscale Chinese restaurant Philippe will no longer be serving the popular …
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23 May
Manta rays next on restaurant menus as shark populations plummet
Conservationists fear a falling shark population is prompting Asian chefs to look for manta and devil rays to help meet the voracious demand for shark fin soup.Found in coastal waters throughout the world, rays present an easy target as they swim slowly near the surface with their huge wings. So …
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16 May
No whale sharks at IR
Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) is scrapping its plan to exhibit whale sharks at its upcoming Marine Life Park. The creatures had been touted as a star attraction for the 8ha oceanarium, the world”s largest, when Genting International”s RWS won its bid for the Sentosa integrated resort (IR) three years …
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11 May
Calls to ban shark fin exports
Conservationists are calling on the Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to stop shark fin exports from New South Wales. The minister is currently considering whether to renew the state”s shark export license. The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales says shark numbers are declining from over-fishing due to increased …
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9 May
Some Sharks, Barracuda Completely Gone in Caribbean
The big fish that prowl the Caribbean reefs—gaping groupers, sharp-toothed barracuda, and gigantic sharks—are completely gone in some places due to overfishing, a new study says. The problem is worst in the most densely populated Caribbean countries, where fishers have wiped entire reefs clean of large predators.
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3 May
The Ocean’s Most Fearsome Predators: No, it’s not sharks — it homo sapiens
Peter Benchley, the creator of Jaws, spent his later years fighting to save sharks. I saw him speak about shark conservation at the University of Miami shortly before he died in 2006. Sharks had become the victim, he realized, and man had become the jaws of death.
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1 May
Seychelles Bans Cutting Sharks’ Fins
The Seychelles has banned the cutting off of sharks” fins by foreign fishermen to curb a flourishing global trade that is threatening the survival of the sea predator and marine ecosystems. The United Nations estimates that 100 million sharks are killed every year world-wide, mostly for their fins which are …
April, 2009
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30 April
Korean vessels fined for illegal fishing
The captain and first officer of two Korean-flagged ships have been sentenced to a fine of R500 000 or five years in prison each for contravening their permit conditions, environment officials said on Wednesday.During routine inspections both vessels were found to be catching more fish than they were allowed to, …