Marine life booms in fishing ban
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A scheme which bans fishing east of Lundy Island is having a very beneficial effect on marine wildlife, says English Nature.
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DWARKA, India  - A few weeks ago, the crew of an  Indian fishing boat in the Arabian Sea thought they had the  biggest catch of their lives. A 40-foot-long unsuspecting whale  shark had entered their nets on a still night.
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Banning the trade in endangered wildlife can actually result in increased trade in the animals and their parts, a report published Thursday said.
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Researchers behind the study say fishing for fun now makes up almost a quarter of the total take of overfished populations. These include seafood favorites such as red snapper, red drum, and bocaccioâspecies
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More than 60 countries agreed Sunday to ban the killing of sharks for their fins in the Atlantic Ocean, a move that conservationists hope will increase protection of threatened species around the world.
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By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Feb. 21--AUGUSTA -- Fishermen squared off against fishermen Tuesday over a proposal to ban several types of live bait that some anglers say could harm Maine's brook trout and other sport fish populations.
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By Steve Connor  Marine biologists have called on the fishing nations of the world to end government subsidies of fishing fleets that are plundering the deep seas and permanently stripping the ocean floor of its unique lifeforms.
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Industrial boats from Europe and elsewhere have caused major fish populations to collapse in northwest Africaâs ocean floor, crippling coastal economies, and creating a surge of illegal migrants hoping to reach Europe.
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Casual fishermen reel in nearly a quarter of the catch of overfished saltwater species, a much higher share than previously thought, researchers report in a new study.
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Asia's fishery industry is awash with growth, opportunity and risk.
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Catches of dwindling U.S. marine fish stocks by recreational anglers now rival those of commercial fisheries, claims a new report.
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Newcastle scientists urge the EU to ban fishermen catching fish which are later thrown back into the sea.
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Marine experts are suggesting that 20 percent to 30 percent of the seas should be "no take" -- off-limits to fishing, drilling and other habitat-disturbing activities -- but less than half a percent are fully protected.
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After encouraging gains in the 1990s, populations of loggerhead sea turtles are now dropping, primarily because of commercial fishing, according to a federal review.
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Some 30% of UK waters should be closed to fishing to save marine life from destruction, a report says.
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Federal authorities along the West Coast have seized in recent weeks more than 600,000 pounds of suspected illegal Chilean sea bass, a &#36;10 million haul that environmentalists say reflects a thriving black market trade in the delicate, tasty fish.
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A warm-water Atlantic triple fin fish has for the first time been caught off the coast of Britain, in another sign of species migrating north as global temperatures rise, experts have said.