Some of the world’s largest seafood and fishing companies committed Wednesday not to expand their search for cod into a large, previously ice-covered area of the northern Barents Sea. The area is twice the size of France. The group includes McDonald’s, Tesco, Iglo, Young’s Seafood, Icelandic Seachill, Russian Karat Group, Fiskebåt—representing the entire Norwegian oceangoing […]
In celebration of the country’s 11th annual Endangered Species Day, the Center for Biological Diversity released a report Thursday highlighting 10 of the most unique and beautiful wild places saved by the presence of endangered species. From Pacific Ocean kelp forests to Florida’s Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge, millions of acres of the nation’s most […]
Drinking beer to save ocean life? Cheers to that. Saltwater Brewery in Florida has partnered with the New York-based ad agency We Believers to create a plastic-free six-pack ring that feeds marine life, rather than choking or ensnarling them. Edible six-pack rings were created by fisherman, surfers and people who love the sea, according to […]
By Tony Long, The Pew Charitable Trusts The Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), an international treaty intended to help stop illegal fishing, will enter into force now that it has been ratified by more than the 25 governments needed. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced May 16 that six countries—Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, […]
The unprecedented red tide in Chile’s coastal waters—which has killed more than 20 million fish—has triggered protests and a public health crisis in the South American country. Record red tide killing lots of fish in Chile's hot ocean https://t.co/5DvDxLDJQL https://t.co/cqYfjqoU8Q pic.twitter.com/ywKy0w5WDc — Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) May 12, 2016 The virulent algal bloom, which turns waters red and seafood poisonous, […]
Last year, I wrote how Mexico’s plan for saving the vaquita, a small porpoise species found only in the northern part of the Gulf of California, was nothing more than a “roadmap for vaquita extinction.” Late last Friday, well after there was any chance for the story to be part of last week’s news cycle, […]
Yellowstone National Park has issued new rules to visitors after two well-meaning but “dumb tourists” inadvertently caused a newborn bison’s death after they put the animal in their SUV. Yellowstone bison calf euthanized after father & son brought it in car, thinking it was cold https://t.co/JFZIIzF7fE pic.twitter.com/vNVQy5Yd30 — CNN (@CNN) May 16, 2016 According to media […]
Conservationists are celebrating the birth of a Sumatran rhino, which has raised hope that this critically endangered species may yet recover. The calf, who has yet to be named, was born at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia’s Way Kambas National Park Thursday morning and is the second baby for her 14-year-old mother Ratu. Photo […]
Beneath the surface of our oceans lies a finely balanced, living world of sound, most of which we never hear topside. But to whales, dolphins and other marine life, sound is survival, the key to how they navigate, find mates, hunt for food, communicate over vast distances and protect themselves against predators in waters dark and […]
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