Month: May 2023

The United States said the government of Mexico has failed to stem the illegal harvest and commercial export of totoaba, which has directly impacted the vaquita.The vaquita has dwindled to around just 10 specimens in recent years, the result of getting caught in gillnets targeting totoaba, whose swim bladder is treasured on the Chinese black…

The Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo peoples, living in Peru’s Ucayali department, near the border with Brazil, have created an Indigenous guard that will help patrol this part of the Amazon and protect their land and resources.Indigenous leaders say the rainforest is being destroyed by drug trafficking, logging, oil palm plantations, oil spills, new highways, illegal fishing, and expanding…

MONA: With its long, arched neck, refined wedge-shaped head and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world.  It is also one of the most ancient, with archaeological evidence available of horses in the Middle East that resemble modern Arabians dating back over 4,500 years.  In…

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission members failed to make progress on key measures to protect declining yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), like reducing annual catches and limiting the use of harmful fish aggregating devices (FADs), during their annual meeting.Although the commission declared yellowfin tuna overfished in 2015, to date, the intergovernmental regional management body has failed to…

People creating fake online identities in order to trick others is a phenomenon that is so common that we all know the neologism for it: catfishing. But each instance of catfishing is unique – some scammers do it for financial gain, while others do it out of loneliness or a desperate yearning to be somebody…

Ghana earned about US$ 254 million from export of fish and fishery products in 2022, Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, said on Friday. If well managed the sector would contribute significantly to the socio-economic development of the country, she said at the commissioning of the Elmina Fishing Port Rehabilitation and…

A large and increasingly rare type of sea turtle washed up on P.E.I.'s shores last Friday.A dead leatherback sea turtle was confirmed to have been discovered in the community of Fernwood on May 19, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans said in an email to CBC News.The DFO responded to some local residents' call about the turtle,…

The largest remaining seagrass meadows in the Mediterranean are in Tunisia’s Gulf of Gabès, a hotspot for biodiversity and fishing.But illegal bottom trawling and industrial pollution are destroying this unique habitat, a natural nursery to numerous species of fish and other marine fauna.Hundreds of trawlers ply their trade overtly with little consequence, and most of…

AP Photo/Mark J. TerrillDenver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, who made headlines after criticizing the amount of chatter surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers during his team's sweep of them in the Western Conference Finals, has moved on from the discourse after leading the franchise to its first-ever NBA Finals appearance.ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk provided Malone's comments…

The body of 28-year-old Odain Bailey was fished from a pond in Turners, Clarendon, on Thursday. Bailey reportedly went fishing in the pond about 3 p.m. on Wednesday. He is alleged to have seen a turtle which he attempted to catch, but lost his balance and fell from an embankment into the murky water. A…