Monday 20 February 2017
Hundreds of common dolphins killed by commercial fishing bycatch
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Well over 300 mostly common dolphins have been recorded washed up dead on the Atlantic coast of England, France and Ireland in the first t...
Wednesday 1 February 2017
Kittiwake numbers plummet in the UK
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Blue Planet Society are championing the black-legged kittiwake in Arkive's 2017 #LoveSpecies campaign. The black-legged kittiwak...
Monday 28 November 2016
Inshore pair-trawling threatens Ireland's coastal wildlife
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Pair-trawling involves two fishing vessels dragging between them a single large net with a small mesh. It is an activity which has lately b...
Tuesday 6 September 2016
Big problems for the world's biggest fish
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It may surprise you that 100 million sharks are killed by people each year. What might surprise you further is that this is a conservative ...
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Sponsorship that kills
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It boggles my mind that companies are still sponsoring shark hunting. Last month, a major automobile company in the US offered a new luxu...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Fisheries governance after the South China Sea verdict
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On the March 23, 2016 an illegal Chinese-flagged fishing vessel, the Fu Yuan Yu 076, entered the Exclusive Economic Zone of China, crossin...
Monday 27 June 2016
Seahorses – Ambassadors for Marine Conservation
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Seahorses are so instantly recognisable that they almost need no introduction. Creatures of myth and storybook, it comes as a surprise to m...
Friday 10 June 2016
Seafood: A choice that matters
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I write this blog from a little lane in a suburb in Bombay from a house that has recently been built adjoining an old fishing village. The ...
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