By Steve Connor, Vancouver 18 February 2012 The indiscriminate slaughter of vast numbers of turtles, sharks, albatrosses, and other endangered marine animals that get unintentionally caught by fishermen as “by-catch” could be prevented by a radical proposal of mobile marine reserves, scientists said yesterday. Protected areas of the ocean where commercial fishing is banned would […]
Editing by Robert Birsel18 February 2012 SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will carry out a comprehensive assessment of development pressure on the Great Barrier Reef to help preserve the world’s largest coral reef system, ministers said Saturday. The assessment will take into account how development along Australia’s northeast coast is affecting the reef, Environment Minister Tony […]
By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent19 February 2012 Biologists say they have found the rosette agent, a disease that has caused widespread damage in the United States, in a UK waterway for the first time. They have shown the disease, which is carried by an invasive fish called the topmouth gudgeon, can cause 90% mortality in […]
By Ejiofor Alike in Lagos and Chineme Okaforin Abuja15 February 2012 Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke will this weekend embark on an assessment tour of the site of the recent fire outbreak that resulted from an explosion from a new gas well head at Funawa 5 gas platform along the Koluama River in […]
By John Nielsen-Gammon 13 February 2012 The University of Texas’s new Center for Integrated Earth System Science is hosting its first public event today: a water forum entitled “Texas Drought 2012 — Are We Prepared?” The morning talks featured status reports from various state and regional agencies, while the afternoon featured water research tools and capabilities […]
Contact: Rupert Crilly, rupert.crilly@neweconomics.org, +44 (0)207 820 6389 10 February 2012 Research published today by nef finds that poor management of fish stocks is draining jobs and profits. The report, Jobs Lost at Sea [pdf], estimates the benefits of rebuilding 43 European stocks (out of more than 150) and finds that: Restoring these 43 stocks […]
Yenagoa, Nigeria (IRIN) – Nigeria’s Bayelsa State government said yesterday it would speed up the release of money over the next two weeks to help hundreds of thousands of villagers affected by a Chevron off-shore oil spill in January. The affected areas are Kolo Ama I and II, Akasa, Sanagana, Fish Town, Fropa, Ekeni, Ezetu […]
8 February 2012 (ScienceDaily) – A study shows that the impact of fishing for tuna and similar species during the last 50 years has lessened the abundance of all these populations by an average of 60%. Experts add that the majority of tuna fish have been exploited to the limits of sustainability. The debate about […]
By Sue Sturgis2 November 2011 Rank of coal-fired power plants among America’s biggest sources of air pollution: 1 Of the five leading causes of death in the United States, number to which coal plant pollution contributes: 4 Number of U.S. water bodies impaired by mercury, a particularly toxic component of coal plant pollution: 3,781 Of […]
By Ejiofor Alike7 February 2012 The damage caused by the fire on KS Endeavour, a drilling rig operated by FODE Drilling Nigeria Limited for Chevron Nigeria Limited on Funiwa Field in Block 86 in Bayelsa State has hit the coastal communities, polluting water and the environment. KS Endeavor was drilling a natural gas exploration well, […]
