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Posts in this category are about Sustainable Fisheries. Most major fishery stocks internationally are in decline. Tailoring fishing quotas to the intensity of harvest that each population of fish can sustain and making sure to protect weak runs from by-catch will help restore healthier stocks. Restoring and maintaining the ecosystems upon which stocks depend will improve the natural landscape as well as the food supply.

(Adapted from ConservationEconomy.net)

BIODIVERSITY: Lucrative Shark Trade Under Scrutiny

Source: Inter Press Service Environment - Posted: March 13, 2010 06:12
WASHINGTON, Mar 12 (IPS) - As climate change transforms the acidity and oxygen levels of the world's waters with devastating effects for some marine species, others are facing an even more immediate threat from human consumption.
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Activist arrested over boarding Japan whaling ship

Source: Reuters Environment - Posted: March 12, 2010 02:43
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's coastguard on Friday arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand who boarded a whaling vessel in the Antarctic following clashes between hunters and environmentalists, a spokesman said.
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Oregon fishermen may get to catch more chinook salmon in 2010

Source: OregonLive.com Environment - Posted: March 11, 2010 20:43
For the first time in two years, Oregon's commercial fishermen will be allowed to catch chinook salmon all along the Oregon coast under three fishing options detailed Thursday by a federal panel.
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