All Entries Tagged With: "endangered species"
Sea Turtles: Pilot Study Hopes to Help Reduce Bycatch
Researchers are using modern technology to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching turtles in fishing gear, namely a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and satellite-linked data loggers.
128 Million Acre Critical Habitat for Polar Bears
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to designate more than 128 million acres (200,541 square miles) of coastal lands and waters along the north coast of Alaska as “critical habitat” for the polar bear, the worlds largest carnivore species found on land and listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act since May 2008.
One Step Towards Leatherback and Loggerhead Sea Turtle Increased Protection
The Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana, and the Turtle Island Restoration Network reached an agreement with the federal government in a lawsuit over violations of the Endangered Species Act last week.
The National Marine Fisheries Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service have agreed to respond to the groups’ petitions for increased protections for both leatherbacks in the waters off California and Oregon as well as North Pacific and western North Atlantic loggerheads.
Full Review of Endangered Manatees’ Critical Habitat
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that new critical habitat protections may be warranted for the Florida manatee, meaning they will conduct a full review of scientific information to determine whether additional critical habitat protections are needed.
Australian Shark Control Programs Indiscriminately Catch Marine Life
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) today condemned Queensland and New South Wales’ Shark Control Programs for their indiscriminate catch of marine wildlife, including rare and threatened species.
Hippocampus: Some Help for Imperiled Seahorses
Seahorse Ways Co. runs a culturing farm of seahorses in Minami-Kyshu, Japan hoping to help reverse the decline of the species.
The oldest fossils date back 13 million years to the Middle Miocene (found in the Tunjice Hills in Slovenia) and are of two pipefish-like species.
New Survey Shows Declining Numbers of California Sea Otters
The Otter Project has published the new California sea otter count, a total of 2654 otters spotted and 3.8% down from last year’s numbers.
Norway Helps Endangered European Eel’s Conservation
Norwegian fisheries regulators banned all fishing of the endangered European eel starting in 2010, cut 2009 catch quotas and stopped all recreational fishing.
The Fish Hatchery Solution Leads to More Problems than Solutions
When released into the wild, fish born in hatcheries have a negative impact on the reproductive fitness of wild populations.
Blue Whales Returning to Pre-Whaling Feeding Grounds
Scientists have documented first known migration of blue whales from the coast of California to areas off British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska since 1965.
