Big fish and prized trees gain protection
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Decisions made at a key conservation meeting are good news for big and quirky fish and commercially prized trees. Several species will enjoy extra protection against trade following rulings made at the Convention
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It hardly seems fair, but water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators might harm their species more than help, new research suggests.
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Asia's fishery industry is awash with growth, opportunity and risk.
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A leading environmental group called Friday for protection for the great white shark and humphead wrasse coral fish, whose numbers have plunged because of overfishing and China's growing appetite for exotic foods.
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AS the Pacific Northwest debates the Bush administration&#39;s recent proposal to count hatchery fish alongside wild fish in applying the Endangered Species Act - and its new plan to cut
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By Lindsay Schoon, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill.  Feb. 18--EAST PEORIA -- Flexible rubber tackle, full of glitter and  shining in its neon glory, looked ready to lure in a big fish.    Instead, it seemed, a crowd of boating and fishing fans were reeled in  Saturday.
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Environmentalists urged fishing nations Thursday to do more to protect the rare Patagonian toothfish, dubbed the "white gold" of the sea which is being driven to extinction by rampant poaching.
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Guardians of two of the world's most popular coral reefs joined forces on Thursday to protect their fragile charges from the ravages of water pollution, coral disease and people.
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Long a forum for protecting endangered species like whales or tigers, a U.N. meeting in Bangkok next month will seek a wider role in regulating the billion-dollar trade in timber, fish and medicinal plants.
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By Raloff, Janet  ENVIRONMENT  Huge tracts of delicate coral gardens and soft-coral forests off the coast of Alaska will be permanently protected from fishing gear that targets groundfish and shellfish by scraping the seafloor.
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By JOHN FLESHER TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - It hardly seems fair, but new research suggests that water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators may harm their species more than help.
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One of the most common types of fish in the US is enlisted in the fight against terror to safeguard public drinking water.
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It hardly seems fair, but new research suggests that water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators may harm their species more than help.
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Activists are concerned that conversion of the native hardwood forest to fast-growing pine is damaging crucial habitat for hundreds of plants and animals.
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By DAVID GREENWOOD  CONSERVATIONISTS are celebrating the end of a major operation to save rare fish found only in a North Wales lake from the jaws of its arch enemy.
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BANGKOK: The global treaty regulating trade in threatened wildlife moved to protect ramin, the Asian hardwood whose forests and their inhabitants have been devastated by rampant commercial logging.
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Science & environment: Fishing, climate change and pollution have left an indelible mark on virtually all of the world's oceans