41. WWF - European Commission makes disappointing cast on fisheries policy, up t...
of saving Europe’s fisheries
Brussels, Belgium – A disappointing lack of ambition in Common fisheries Policy (CFP) reform proposals from the European Commission is passing responsiblity for saving fisheries and giving fishing
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42. WWF - Problematic fishing gear
purse. Commonly used in tuna fisheries with fish Aggregation Devices (FADs) – an object that floats in the water which attracts small fish (seeking refuge) which, in turn, attract larger commercially valuable fish species.
Used to catch:
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43. WWF - EU Fisheries: Reform Proposal Not Ambitious
transforming Europe’s fisheries – is missing from the proposal. It is also disappointing that the artisanal fishing sector and fisheries issues in the Mediterranean, a region accounting for 6 out of 10 European fishing jobs, are not
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?200992/CFP-REFORM-PROPOSAL-NOT-AMBITIOUS - 69.1kb
44. WWF - Unsustainable fishing
the world have collapsed, fishing effort has shifted to the deep sea and previously unexploited fish species. Here, overfishing can quickly deplete local fish populations - even within a single season.
Some newly fished populations, such as
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45. WWF - Marine park bolsters community facing climate change
house 379 species (kinds) of fish for the whole reserve and numbering more than 2,000 individual fish per 500 square meters and weighing 108 tons per square kilometer after 3 years of protection from fishing! These records of fish productivity
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/search_climate_news_resources/?199872/madagascar-nosy-hara-mpa - 54.8kb
46. WWF - Saving the ‘Salad Bowl’: A personal account of the strugg...
close off Santelmo for fishing.â€
Pagaduan says that since 2007, the difference in fish yields has been noticeable.
“We catch more fish now than two years ago,†said local fisherman Adelito Villaluna.
Local
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47. WWF - More than 1000 new species found in New Guinea
Alleni rainbow fish. New Guinea has some of the most beautiful freshwater fishes found anywhere, including gobies, gudgeons and rainbow fish. Rainbow fish are small but breathtaking in colour, varying from a single vivid colour to a
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48. WWF - Southeastern Rivers and Streams
to such colorfully named fish as the Pygmy Madtom (the world's smallest catfish), the Halloween Darter, and mussels like the Tennessee Heelsplitter and the Purple Wartyback.
It is home to hundreds of species of fish, snails, mussels and
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49. WWF - Seafood ecolabels under the spotlight in new WWF report
practice of "reduction fisheries", or fish farms, a frequently harmful practice of raising non-native fish in ocean pens, feeding them ground-up fish. He also criticizes their recent practice of "measuring success by the percentage
http://wwf.panda.org/?186062/Seafood-ecolabels-under-the-spotlight-in-new-WWF-report - 58.4kb
50. WWF - Mother Mekong
around the Mekong giant catfish, the third-largest freshwater fish in the world. It weighs up to 350kgs and reaches up to three meters in length.
“I used catch Pa Pbuk ,†said Mr Leuam, a 62-year-old fisherman from Pa Oi village,
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_freshwater/freshwater_news/?195618/Mother-Mekong - 52.0kb
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