Case for trawl ban 'overwhelming'
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Marine scientists say a moratorium on the use of heavy trawling gear in deep waters is now essential.
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Assembly member Huw Lewis is demanding answers and assurances from Welsh Water following a river chemical spillage.   A death toll of around 1,000 fish was expected after three tonnes of aluminium sulphate leaked into the Taf Fechan from Pontsticill water treatment works on August 13.
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Life & style: Ban move prompted by carbon footprint concern  'would mean lost jobs in developing countries'.
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Overfishing on the Mediterranean is threatening artisanal fishermen and endangering more than 100 marine species.
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A Royal Commission warns species are at risk unless steps are taken to close up to a third of UK fishing grounds.
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By Detroit Free Press  Jun. 23--With the threat of a lawsuit, eight wildlife and conservation groups have put welcome additional pressure on the shipping industry to stop delivering foreign species here.
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) has banned sales of a rare Asian dolphin. Environmentalists say the move is necessary to save the Irrawaddy dolphin, whose numbers are thought to be as low as 1,000 in the wild.
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By MIKE SWAIN  CELEBRITY chefs yesterday hit out at destructive fishing policies which threaten to take seafood off the menu.   Chefs Antony Worrall Thompson and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall slammed fisheries chiefs who are set to ignore calls for a ban on some stocks.
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The global fishing industry is increasingly trawling the high seas for bottom-dwelling fish  -  a practice environmentalists say is the world's most destructive business
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Media watchdog issues unprecedented, stinging rebuke for serious error of judgment.
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A move to ban saltwater ships from the Great Lakes, at least temporarily, got a boost this week. Ninety organizations asked for a moratorium on such shipping until Congress enacts meaningful laws to stop the continuing influx of harmful invasive species.
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Â· Trade group urges ban for chemical additivesÂ· Anger over burden on parents to check labels
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The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution says 30% of UK waters should be closed to commercial fishing.
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Just asking isn't enough A bill has been introduced in Parliament which would force online retailers to check customers' ages before selling goods that cannot be sold to children.â¦
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- European officials decided yesterday to disregard proposals to declare huge stretches of ocean off-limits for trawlers if viable alternatives can be worked out to safeguard such threatened fish as the once-common cod.
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Concerns are raised that the trawler which ran aground on St Kilda could carry rats, posing a threat to sea birds.
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Textile importers and retailers have sued the US Government to block a proposed limit on imports from China. Producers have asked for textile quotas because they say Chinese imports will damage the domestic industry.