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Denver -
As more than 25 governments gather in Guam today for the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) annual meeting, Pew Environment Group is pressing for better management of tuna, sharks, and illegal fishing.
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Santiago -
Differing criteria on the application of Interim Measures as a provisional approach for the management of pelagic fisheries in the Eastern Pacific pending the ratification of an International Convention may risk the survival of valuable fish stocks.
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Santiago -
A lowly fish often used for canning or to make fish-meal and fish-oil to feed higher priced farmed species is causing a serious rift between Peru and Chile, two of the world’s leading capture fisheries countries.
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Environmental organizations are urging President Obama to address the damage overfishing does to the marine environment and to ask the World Trade Organization to end fishing subsidies.
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Geneva -
Overfishing, pollution, and habitat degradation have placed 43 species of fish in the Mediterranean Sea at risk of extinction, some disappearing within the next few years, a new study by conservation experts warns.
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Washington -
A new study shows the planet's coral reefs are dying at a rapid rate, calling global warming a major threat to their health. The study says ocean temperatures and acidity levels are higher than "any other time in at least the last 400,000 years."
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There are more small fish and less large fish in our oceans as a result of overfishing, scientists reported at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual conference in Washington.
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Though the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration acknowledges that bluefin tuna populations are 'low,' the Pew Environmental Group believes that governments hold fishing interests over ecosystem interests.
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Dubbed the world's ugliest animal, the rare blobfish may soon face extinction due to overfishing, scientists warn. It lives in the same depth as popular fisherman prey such as lobsters and crabs.
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Experts from a wide range of organizations and scientific disciplines agree that our oceans are deteriorating quickly as a result of a wide range of threats related to fishing.
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Overfishing of EU fisheries is costing the European economy £2.7bn a year and 100,000 jobs, a report by a UK think-tank finds.
Prince Charles says there are reasons to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.
 Jellyfish populations seem to be increasing in many of the world's oceans, especially in areas where there is pollution, overfishing and other impacts of human activity, a B.C. study has found.
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Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) has been an important traded commodity in international markets since the Viking period. Now is in the list of endangered species.
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