1. WWF - Mekong dams threaten rare giant fish
largest freshwater fish. The critically endangered and culturally fabled Mekong giant catfish ( Pangasianodon gigas ) ranks third at up to 3 metres in length and 350kgs.
Dam will present unsurmountable barrier for giant fish
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2. WWF - The UAE’s First Sustainable Fish Cookbook a Wise Choice
submitted to the Sustainable Fish Dish Challenge, helps people taste the benefits of eating sustainable green-labeled “Go For It†Fish and offers consumers alternatives to eating red-labeled “Think Again†Fish such as the
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/united_arab_emirates/?199991/The-UAEs-First-Sustainable-Fish-Cookbook-a-Wise-Choice - 49.3kb
3. WWF - Building a sustainable live reef food fish trade
What is the Live Reef Food Fish Trade?
The Live Reef Food Fish Trade involves the capture of reef Fish which are kept alive for sale and consumption mainly in Hong Kong and mainland China. Smaller markets exist in Malaysia and
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/coraltriangle/solutions/live_reef_fish_trade/ - 47.9kb
4. WWF - Hot, hungry and gasping for air – climate change puts fish at r...
on Marine and Estuarine Fishes and Fisheries
Global warming and the world's Fisheries - case studies
Impacts of global climate change on freshwater Fisheries
Are we putting
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_freshwater/freshwater_news/?uNewsID=50460 - 50.7kb
5. WWF - Aquaculture problems: Fish feed
of the world’s fish catch is used to produce fishmeal and fish oil - both of which as used to make feed for farmed fish.
In 2004, the aquaculture industry used 87% of the world’s fish oil and 53% of the world’s
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/blue_planet/problems/aquaculture/fish_feed/ - 42.4kb
6. WWF - Fish Dish - exposing the unacceptable face of seafood
behind them, namely:
Overfishing ( taking more fish than the population can replenish)
Illegal fishing ( over-quota, unlicensed, unreported, and/or unregulated fishing)
Wasteful fishing ( discarding huge numbers of unwanted fish, including
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/senegal/?80860/Fish-Dish-exposing-the-unacceptable-face-of-seafood - 46.8kb
7. WWF - Seafood sustainability recipe needed as increased fish demand collides...
increasing demand for fish and failing fisheries has enormous implications for world food security and the state of our oceans, lakes and rivers, WWF said today.
The global environment organisation was welcoming the latest State of
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/biodiversity/news_events_updates/?199226/Seafood-sustainability-recipe-needed-as-increased-fish-demand-collides-with-failing-fisheries - 51.7kb
8. WWF - On the run – escaped farmed fish in Norwegian waters
traits in the wild. As the fish farming industry has been present in Norwegian waters for more than 20 years, we are now able to see the consequences of these fish escaping into the wild. In areas with dense fish farming, the negative impacts on
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/uk/publications/?20370/On-the-run-escaped-farmed-fish-in-Norwegian-waters - 46.7kb
9. WWF - Genetic tuna tracking opens new options in race to save fish and fisheries
bluefin tuna where several fisheries have collapsed and failed to recover and the Mediterranean bluefin fishery is exhibiting advanced signals of impending collapse in the face of overfishing and decades of poor management.
The other tuna
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/turkey/?178381/Genetic-tuna-tracking-opens-new-options-in-race-to-save-fish-and-fisheries - 48.5kb
10. WWF - New evidence on sea levels and fish behaviour underlines urgency of cl...
the behaviour of baby fish changes dramatically.
The behaviours of concern include being attracted to predators rather than cautious of them and a decreased sense of smell. Early experiments using clown fish – the Nemo of the film
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/australia/?194105/New-evidence-on-sea-levels-and-fish-behaviour-underlines-urgency-of-climate-action - 49.7kb
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