Oceans

Illegal fishing scandals and human rights abuses linked to South Korea’s fishing industry have earned the country a bad reputation that is jeopardising its fish trade with the US and the EU, Greenpeace East Asia said.

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Entrepreneurs fight for the Future of Fish

Wednesday, 23 January 2013 10:55

Future of Fish is a nonprofit that is helping entrepreneurs who hope to reinvent the seafood industry by attacking problems throughout the long supply chains used by today's industrialized fisheries.

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John West, one of Australia’s leading canned fish manufacturers, has pledged to stop using destructive fishing methods. They have committed to phasing out the use of wasteful Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) by 2015.

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Small-scale fishermen from across Europe are joining forces to put sustainable, artisanal and low-impact fishing at the heart of the on-going reform of European Union (EU) Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

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A new report finds that more than 85 percent of reefs in the Coral Triangle are directly threatened by local human activities, substantially more than the global average of 60 percent.

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Did you know that a starfish feeds by pushing its stomach out through its mouth and placing it directly over its prey? Or that Columbus’ crabs are sky blue? These are some of the facts contained in a new children's marine guide by Stellenbosch University marine biologist Dr Sophie von der Heyden.

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Oceans make up 99% of the Earth's living space. Since South Africa is surrounded by two of the world’s five oceans, National Marine Week should be a significant celebration of these seascapes, and the economic, tourism, and biodiversity services provided by them.

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US East Coast faces faster sea level rise

Monday, 01 October 2012 13:00

Property values aren’t all that’s been rising in Manhattan, New York. The height of the water lapping up against the Big Apple and many East Coast cities has been creeping up faster in recent decades.

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Taking stock aboard the Rainbow Warrior

Wednesday, 22 August 2012 11:42

Onboard the Rainbow Warrior, Mike Baillie sails around the coast of South Africa, and finds it to be a really great opportunity to reflect on how he got there and where it’s taking him in life.

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A ship built for green adventures

Tuesday, 21 August 2012 18:39

After 22 tireless years at the campaigning frontline, the second Rainbow Warrior retired on 16 August 2011.

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the next wave for change to save our seas

Thursday, 07 June 2012 14:01

The eyes of the world will be focused on the health of our oceans when World Oceans Day is celebrated on Friday, 8 June.

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South Africa has been nominated for the Future Policy Award, an international award that this year celebrates solutions for ailing oceans and coasts.

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Help protect our ocean & coastal communities

Friday, 04 November 2011 14:57

Millions of people living along the coast and elsewhere in rural Africa are dependent upon natural resources from which they harvest unsustainably. Some coastal communities are amongst the poorest in the world and are extremely vulnerable to the potential negative effects of climate change. They have no choice but to con­tinue to use the diminishing resources upon which they depend, or face starvation.

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Fertilizing the oceans to boost the growth of tiny plants that soak up greenhouse gases is unlikely to work as a way to slow climate change, a U.N.-backed study showed on Monday.

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A Sea Change shakes up viewers

Friday, 04 November 2011 11:18

 

 

The sensitive shells of Pteropods in the oceans are dissolving as they absorb high levels of carbon from the atmosphere and become more acidic. These tiny snail-like, delicate creatures with flapping 'wings' are affectionately called 'sea angels' and live in planktonic form in the oceans.

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overfishing - the end of the line

Friday, 04 November 2011 10:22

The End of the Line, the first major documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans, had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January this year.

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shark news

Friday, 04 November 2011 10:16

2009 is the International Year of the Shark. The Minister of Environmental Affairs is advocating Eco Tourism marketing to be expanded to THE BIG 7, including the Shark and Whale.

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