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It’s Wednesday, February 22, and Indian Ocean countries are taking a stand against overfishing. Small-scale fishers won a victory in recent weeks when countries in and around the Indian Ocean ...
The study provides critical data that can guide conservation efforts and sustainable fisheries policies. Without immediate action, the continued overfishing of devil rays in the Indian Ocean could ...
Although the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission declared yellowfin tuna overfished in 2015, to date, the intergovernmental regional management body has failed to curb overfishing, ...
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South Africa Today on MSNVanishing giants: The Indian Ocean’s biggest fish need saving (commentary)I have spent much of my life studying predatory fishes in East Africa’s coastal waters, but never have I been more concerned ...
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The Cool Down on MSNResearchers issue warning after making shocking discovery in remote part of Indian Ocean: 'A pervasive and systemic issue'In a study published in Conservation Science and Practice, scientists reported that "shockingly high" levels of microplastics ...
Climate change along with illegal, unreported and overfishing could disturb a vital balance in the Indian Ocean. By David Michel and Russell Sticklor August 24, 2012 ...
The commission declared the Indian Ocean bigeye tuna (T. obesus) stock overfished in 2022, and at its meeting in May parties agreed to a 15% reduction from 2021 levels in the permitted annual ...
As concern grows over shrinking tuna stocks in the Indian Ocean, delegates from more than 30 countries have gathered for the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s annual summit, hosted this year by France.
Some 80,000 tuna in the Indian Ocean are being tagged as part of a European Union-funded project to preempt the depletion of stocks from overfishing.
Currently, the effort is as much as 445 million hooks in the Indian Ocean and 395 million in the Atlantic. Threshold levels, meaning three consecutive years of overfishing, were exceeded first in the ...
Much yellowfin tuna from the Indian Ocean is caught using purse seine nets, with Spain’s fleet alone accused of overfishing its quota by 12,295 tonnes in 2018 – the excess more than Japan and China’s ...
Coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean are at high risk of collapse in the next 50 years, according to an assessment. According to the study, the reef systems are at risk of becoming extinct by ...
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