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Progress made: Rebuilding/sustaining US fisheries & ocean ecosystems
Source: World Fishing & Aquaculture
A new NOAA report shows that the last decade has been a period of progress in rebuilding depleted fish stocks, sustaining many fisheries populations, and gaining a better understanding of the complex relationships between marine species and their habitats.
The report cites the Alaskan groundfish fisheries - walleye pollock, Pacific cod, rockfishes and Atka mackerel - as a prime example of how managers and fishermen are working together to keep fish harvest rates at sustainable levels while reducing risks to other species in the ecosystem, including marine mammals, juvenile fish and other fish species not being targeted.
These findings are one of a number of highlights from the nation’s coastal communities that are described in the newly released NOAA report Our Living Oceans: Report on the Status of US Living Marine Resources...
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Three Poachers: Two arrested, third eaten by lion
Source: Bush Warriors
Two suspected poachers have been arrested and a third is believed to have been killed by a lion in the Kruger National Park (KNP) last week. According to the two that got caught, the trio went into the park on the night of March 12 to set up snares to catch animals, KNP spokesman William Mabasa said in a statement on Tuesday.
“They returned on the night of the 13th to see if they caught anything. On their way back they came across some hippos, which charged them and they ran in different directions.” Two of them got out of the park safely, but got worried when their friend didn’t return by Tuesday.
The two men were arrested in Mkhuhlu village, where they lived, near Hazyview. They took the police to the spot where they had last seen their accomplice. “Some blood and torn clothing were found.” Rangers found a human skull in the Pretoriuskop section of the park on Saturday. It was believed the third man had been caught and eaten by a lion...
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CITES backs better rhino protection measures
Source: TRAFFIC
Doha, Qatar, 22 March 2010—Countries with rhino populations agreed to focus on increasing law enforcement, training of guards, strengthening border controls, improving rhino population monitoring, creating awareness raising campaigns in consumer countries such as Viet Nam, and rooting out organized crime syndicates that are behind the increase in poaching and illegal trade.
The agreement was made at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meeting, currently underway in Doha, Qatar, and comes amid a global rhino poaching crisis.
Rhino poaching worldwide hit a 15-year high in 2009. The illegal trade is being driven by an Asian demand for horns, made worse by increasingly sophisticated poachers that are now using veterinary drugs, poison, cross bows and high calibre weapons to kill rhinos...
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CITES also rejects proposals to downlist elephants
Along with increased protections for rhinos, good news also came back for elephants. Downlisting of elephants, to enable one-off sales of vast amounts of stockpiled ivory, was defeated (twice). This was a solid win for elephant conservation! It was nip and tuck though. NWHS is conducting a Discussion in our Facebook account concerning the ivory issue and the defeated CITES proposals. Get interactive with this newsletter. Feel free to view this Discussion. Add your own comments if you are a member of Facebook. Click Here To View The Facebook Discussion Of Elephant Poachers and Stockpiled Ivory. |
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