Fishing &#39;Non-Ban&#39; Breakthrough Appeases Industry
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European Union ministers have decided to disregard proposals to declare huge swathes of ocean off-limits for trawlers if viable alternatives could be worked out to safeguard such threatened fish as the once-common cod.
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That&#39;s assuming the Scottish Association for Marine Science is correct in its conclusion that the tiny fish communicate via strategic gas releases, one of the scientific breakthroughs recognized in the 2004 &quot;Ig Nobel&quot; Prizes.
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WUGONG LAKE, China -- Perched above the banks of the catfish farm he owns is Zhu Zhiqiu's secret weapon for breeding healthy fish: the medicine shed. Inside are iodine bottles, vitamin packets and Chinese herbal concoctions that he claims substitute for antibiotics.
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A new London restaurant has worked hard to offer fish that is legally caught and not overexploited, but it does not come cheap.
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According to a report just released from Environmental Protection Agency, one of every three lakes in the United States and nearly one-quarter of the nation&#39;s rivers contain enough pollution that people should limit or avoid eating fish caught there.
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UK fishing fleets have praised new EU fishing quotas which will keep open areas that were threatened with closure.
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OTAHEITE, Trinidad _ When Ramos Ramdeo gazes at the water off this southern fishing village, he sees more than the crystal blue color, choppy waves and one of the world's richest shrimp spawning grounds. He sees his livelihood.
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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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Fishing nations led by Iceland and Russia have blocked U.N. negotiators from imposing a full-fledged ban against destructive bottom trawling on the high seas. After weeks of talks in New York, a United Nations committee that oversees high seas fisheries failed to gain unanimous support this week for ending unregulated bottom trawling.
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By Elizabeth John  CORAL reefs contribute to the annual fish catch that provides food for about one billion people in Asia alone but nowhere are they most at risk than in this same region.
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For at-risk species, sport fishing accounts for one-quarter of the catch. Regulation could rise.
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Water spilled into the North Sea from offshore oil and gas drilling is less of a threat to fish than previously thought, a Norwegian study showed on Thursday.
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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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Millions of casual fishermen reel in a higher take of the nation's most prized saltwater fish than previously thought, researchers say, prompting them to urge improved regulation of recreational fishing.
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Scientists show how European fishing policies are driving some of the bushmeat trade in west Africa.
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By Rachana Rathi, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Sep. 16--The state Department of Environmental Protection says it has a way to help local fishermen catch more large trout. The fishermen say no thanks.
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WUGONG LAKE, China -- Near the banks of the catfish farm he owns is Zhu Zhiqiu's secret weapon for breeding healthy fish: the medicine shed. Inside are iodine bottles, vitamin packets, and Chinese herbal concoctions he says substitute for antibiotics.