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  • September 2008

    • Overfishing Could Force You to Hold the Anchovies

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 4, 08 10:23 AM CDT

      Overfishing Could Force You to Hold the Anchovies

      (Newser) - Anchovies have made a list of "fish to avoid," the Guardian reports—and not for their salty pungency, but because overfishing has left stocks at unsustainable levels. The UK’s Marine Conservation Society—which ranks fish after assessing biology, stock status, and the impact of the farming or fishing method—gave its worst score of 5 to 69 fish, including North Sea cod and Atlantic salmon. More »

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      fishing  • North Sea  • overfishing  • sustainability  • fishery

  • August 2008

    • For Fishermen, Lead Poses Bait Debate

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 22, 08 1:21 PM CDT

      For Fishermen, Lead Poses Bait Debate

      (Newser) - As conservation efforts have boosted the fish's population levels, competitive fishing for striped bass has become a thriving sport in Massachusetts. The fish’s importance to both commercial and recreational fishermen is bringing a controversial baiting tactic into renewed dispute. The Wall Street Journal examines “yo-yoing,” which uses small baitfish stuffed with lead weights, raising questions of both health and fairness. More »

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      Massachusetts  • fishing  • fishermen

    • Bluefin Tuna Tricked Into Spawning

      Time  |  Aug 17, 08 7:22 AM CDT

      Bluefin Tuna Tricked Into Spawning

      (Newser) - A seafood entrepreneur thinks he can solve the world's bluefin tuna shortage by making the fish feel frisky, Time reports. German ex-pat Hagen Stehr, the baron of a $230-million Australian seafood empire, is simulating the tuna's breeding grounds in a hatchery—a "fishy virtual reality" with 14 hours of daylight and water at 73°F—and has succeeded in harvesting fertilized eggs from bluefin breeding stock. More »

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      environmentalism  • endangered species  • fishing  • food industry  • sushi  • tuna  • overfishing

    • Trawler Dumps Endangered Fish, Sparking Eco-Outrage

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 14, 08 12:27 PM CDT

      Trawler Dumps Endangered Fish, Sparking Eco-Outrage

      (Newser) - Film of a British trawler dumping 10,000 pounds of dead fish caught in Norwegian waters back into the sea has outraged Norway as well as environmentalists, the Guardian reports. The boat dumped nearly 80% of its catch, including cod and other endangered fish, to comply with EU quotas. Conservationists slammed the wasteful practice and called for an overhaul of the rules. More »

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      United Kingdom  • fish  • Norway  • fishing  • overfishing  • fishing boat

  • July 2008

    • Fears Mount Over Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone'

      Washington Post  |  Jul 31, 08 3:22 AM CDT

      Fears Mount Over Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone'

      (Newser) - Scientists are  increasingly concerned about the growing "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, an oxygen-poor mass of water that cannot sustain most sea life, which now covers 8,000 square miles, nearly the largest ever. Created by fertilizer runoff from the Mississippi, the zone would be even bigger if not for the ocean-stirring power of Hurricane Dolly, reports the Washington Post . More »

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      ocean  • fishing  • Gulf of Mexico  • oxygen  • Hurricane Dolly  • fertilizer  • ocean habitats

    • Blue Crab Disappearing From Chesapeake Bay

      Associated Press  |  Jul 18, 08 3:05 PM CDT

      Blue Crab Disappearing From Chesapeake Bay

      (Newser) - Overfishing and water pollution have put the Chesapeake Bay's signature blue crab on the brink—along with fishermen who have long depended on it. Stocks are down 65% since 1990, the AP reports, as officials in Maryland and Virginia struggle to enact a patchwork of laws to reduce the harvest, control waterfront development and provide help for struggling watermen—though many think it's too late. More »

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      environment  • fishing  • Baltimore  • overfishing  • Washington, DC

  • June 2008

    • Overfishing Oceans Leads to 'Rise of Slime'

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jun 21, 08 6:00 AM CDT

      Overfishing Oceans Leads to 'Rise of Slime'

      (Newser) - Overfishing results in more than just the depletion of one species—it can mean the degradation of entire ecosystems. As the populations of large, predatory fish such as sharks and tuna decline, their prey flourishes, with sometimes-devastating results. The Christian Science Monitor looks at the problem of the world's increasingly depleted oceans. More »

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      environment  • fish  • ocean  • fishing  • environmental damage  • overfishing  • environmental impact

    • Alaskan Salmon Sick of Climate Change

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 14, 08 7:24 PM CDT

      Alaskan Salmon Sick of Climate Change

      (Newser) - Alaskan king salmon are getting sick, and experts have named a culprit: global warming. Marine ecologists say that a rise in "white spot disease" is tied to a 3-decade trend of higher temperatures in the Yukon River, the Los Angeles Times reports. With cold-temperature barriers melting, parasites and bacteria are moving north—and threatening Alaska's prized salmon stock. More »

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      global warming  • Alaska  • disease  • fish  • fishing  • salmon  • parasite

  • May 2008

    • Ocean Sharks Face Extinction

      BBC  |  May 22, 08 1:40 PM CDT

      Ocean Sharks Face Extinction

      (Newser) - Ocean sharks are threatened with extinction, with 11 species designated “high-risk” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and five more also in danger. Sharks are dwindling from intentional fishing, which targets them for their meat and fins, and “bycatch” fishing that lands them in nets meant for tuna and swordfish. The group is calling for global catch limits, the BBC reports. More »

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      endangered species  • ocean  • fishing  • extinction  • shark  • threatened species  • fishing ban

    • Ocean Dead Zones Expanding

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 2, 08 9:28 AM CDT

      Ocean Dead Zones Expanding

      (Newser) - The inhospitable oxygen-starved layers of the oceans, once relegated to the deep sea, are now encroaching on coastlines, reports the Los Angeles Times . The dead zones, linked to global warming, have moved up into continental shelves, a study in Science says. They interfere with commercial fishing and entice predators that thrive in such conditions such as the jumbo squid. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • ocean  • fishing  • oxygen  • ocean habitats

  • April 2008

    • Greenpeace Wages Tuna Wars

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 23, 08 6:51 AM CDT

      Greenpeace Wages Tuna Wars

      (Newser) - The world's tuna stocks are in danger, and Greenpeace is taking matters into its own hands, reports the Times of London . Faced with little action from regulators and boosted by success in tackling Japanese whalers, activists have vowed to continue to "interfere" with boats they say are plundering Pacific tuna at an unsustainable rate. More »

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      environmentalism  • fishing  • Greenpeace  • Pacific Ocean  • tuna

    • Naked Truth in Cheney Shades?

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Apr 11, 08 1:02 PM CDT

      Naked Truth in Cheney Shades?

      (Newser) - The man who famously shot his hunting partner may have another leisure-sport scandal on his hands—this time involving the image of a naked woman. Bloggers are obsessively analyzing a close-up photo released by the White House of Dick Cheney fly fishing, because of racy image that appears to be reflected in his sunglasses, McClatchy reports. More »

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      Dick Cheney  • photography  • fishing  • weird  • nudity  • blogosphere

    • Claws Célèbre: Maryland Plans Pinch on Crab Harvest

      Baltimore Sun  |  Apr 10, 08 3:25 AM CDT

      Claws Célèbre: Maryland Plans Pinch on Crab Harvest

      (Newser) - Faced with the lowest catch in decades, Maryland is taking steps to help stem the blue crab's decline. Tough measures are being proposed that would cut the harvest of female crabs by up to 40%, the Baltimore Sun reports. The state says urgent action is needed to stop the Chesapeake fishery collapsing—but crabbers aren't happy. More »

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      Virginia  • fishing  • Maryland  • fishing ban

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Fewer Sharks, But More Attacks

      LiveScience  |  Feb 27, 08 4:26 PM CST

      Fewer Sharks, But More Attacks

      (Newser) - Shark populations are way down, but attacks on humans are up, LiveScience reports. There were 71 shark attacks worldwide in 2007, continuing a four-year upswing, says shark expert George Burgess, although populations of the fish have shrunk 50% during the past 20 years. Even so, as human populations expand rapidly, so does beach-going—and the chance of encounters spikes accordingly. More »

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      ocean  • fishing  • beach  • shark  • shark attack

    • Trawling Scars Ocean Floors

      LiveScience  |  Feb 20, 08 2:22 PM CST

      Trawling Scars Ocean Floors

      (Newser) - Scientists can now see the destruction caused to the ocean floor by bottom trawling in satellite photos, LiveScience reports. The pictures show huge plumes kicked up from the ocean's bottom as fishing nets dragged along the floor wreak havoc on undersea ecosystems. "Bottom trawling is the most destructive of any actions that humans conduct in the ocean," one zoologist says. More »

    • Oceans Get Gloomy Report

      National Geographic  |  Feb 15, 08 9:20 AM CST

      Oceans Get Gloomy Report

      (Newser) - More than 40% of marine ecosystems are being dramatically altered by a combination of pollution, fishing, and global warming, researchers warn in a new study. In fact, no area of the ocean remains unaffected by human activity, reports National Geographic . The biggest problem is global warming, which not only changes temperature but also makes the waters more acidic, altering a delicate ecosystem, say researchers in the journal Science .  More »

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      global warming  • pollution  • ocean  • fishing  • North Sea  • ocean temperature

  • January 2008

    • Mediterranean Fishermen Find There's A Catch

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jan 16, 08 12:48 PM CST

      Mediterranean Fishermen Find There's A Catch

      (Newser) - Over-fishing is threatening the many species that fill the Mediterranean Sea—not to mention the livelihoods of local fishermen and the diets of the region's populace—but having 21 countries to deal with makes it difficult to wrangle out an agreement that would give stocks a chance to recover, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »

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      fish  • fishing  • Mediterranean Sea

  • December 2007

    • Scientists Try to Save Bluefin

      Washington Post  |  Dec 24, 07 4:50 PM CST

      Scientists Try to Save Bluefin

      (Newser) - Bluefin tuna can grow to three-quarters of a ton, traverse the Atlantic in less than a month, and are growing rapidly extinct—thanks to fishing practices that are "totally out of control," one US official said. Marine biologists who track Bluefin populations are finding their suggestions rejected by world governments. “We know enough to save this species,” one conservationist said. “We don’t have the will.” More »

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      fish  • conservation  • fishing  • Gulf of Mexico  • Atlantic Ocean  • tuna

  • November 2007

    • Japan Sends Mixed Signals on Whale Hunt

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 24, 07 3:25 PM CST

      Japan Sends Mixed Signals on Whale Hunt

      (Newser) - Japan has a ready defense for its internationally maligned whale hunt: Whaling is integral to Japanese culture, embedded in the country's traditional diet, literature, and religion. Yet this argument looks questionable in light of the Japanese government's refusal to allow indigenous people to continue their traditional salmon fishing, writes Bruce Wallace in an analysis for the LA Times . More »

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      environment  • Japan  • fishing  • whale  • whaling  • salmon  • Japanese whale hunt

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