The 36th annual White Marlin Open is set to take place at Harbour Island Marina in Ocean City, Maryland, August 3-7. It is world's largest billfish tournament with a prize money of $2 million. The winnings are based on competition and weight of the fish. Contestants will...
Costco Kelowna was the target of Greenpeace demonstrators yesterday. During the demonstration, three activists were arrested. This action was taken to underline the fact that Costco is selling Redlist species -- seafood endangered by overfishing." By 3 p.m., store...
The European Union introduced new rules to help restore stocks of endangered bluefin tuna in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, meaning there will be significant cuts to fishing quotas by 2011 and the time fishermen...
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An interesting story,,, " PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines — He needed a miracle to survive the cold and choppy waters, and he got it in the form of dolphins and whales. Tuna fisherman Ronnie Dabal was fishing...
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Around 16,000 citizens from 149 countries have signed a WWF petition to join restaurants, retailers and chefs as they agree to boycott Mediterranean bluefin tuna, until the fish have had enough time to replenish...
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As previously reported, Nobu in London was selling endangered bluefin tuna without labelling it as such on their menu. However, now they have made the deicison to label some dishes as being made from an endangered...
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A Blue Whale was photographed for the first time off of Ireland's County Kerry coast. Amaetuer whale-watcher Ivan O'Kelly didn't realize the importance of his snapshot until he sent the photograph into the...
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World famous restaurant Nobu, partly owned by actor Robert De Niro, has been caught serving endangered bluefin tuna in their London restaurants without informing the cutomers.A number of undercover investigators...
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Fish seems to be the healthiest food around. A quick Google search shows many positive research results, such as reduced risks in heart disease, eye disease, asthma, stroke, and most recently, it is found that...
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Fantastic news that the EU has finally taken action to stop illegal fishing of the Northern Bluefin Tuna by closing the season early. Let's just hope the ban is respected by the fishermen.
"A ban on fishing for...
A UAE cargo ship that has been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, has been stormed by forces from Somalia's Puntland region."The men from the semi-autonomous region defeated the pirates after "brief...
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The British love their sushi. They love it so much that their mass consumption of raw fish, especially convenient take-out 'supermarket sushi' may be straining worldwide fish stocks, and could result in the...
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Big eye tuna, a prime source for Japanese restaurants worldwide
serving sushie and sashimi are on the verge of collapse from
overfishing, a report said. A collapse would have a profound effect on
fishing fleets as well as on processing and trading industries in Japan
and...
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"ndonesia made the request during the 14th CCBST meeting held in Canberra recently, the head of the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry`s Statistical Data and Information Center, Saut Hutagalung, said here Thursday.
The commission had clamped trade restrictions on...
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