Tag: illegal fishing

More Conservation Efforts Critical to Save the Vaquita – World’s Smallest Marine Mammal

While optimism can be in short supply when it comes to wildlife conservation, the spotting of three vaquita calves in October 2019 in the Upper Gulf of California in Mexico was a...

IUCN Advises “in Danger” Status for Three World Heritage Sites

IUCN, the official advisor on natural World Heritage, recommends for three natural sites to be listed as “World Heritage in danger”: the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, Mexico’s Islands and Protected Areas of the...

Mutilated Dolphins Wash Up on French Coast in Record Numbers

A record number of dolphins have washed up on France’s Atlantic coast in the last three months, many with devastating injures.Environmental campaigners say 1,100 mutilated dolphins have been found since January, but...

Fish Populations Could Rise in Warming Climate with Better Management

Better management of fisheries and fishing rights around the world could increase profits and leave more fish in the sea as long as measures to meet climate obligations are taken, new research...

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