UK calls for action to save tuna
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The UK presses the EU for action to stop overfishing of bluefin tuna, which campaigners say is being fuelled by demand for sushi.
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The United States will join with Australia and Madagascar in arguing that great white sharks need to be protected through new global trade restrictions.    The Bush administration supports protecting the sharks, which are listed as endangered in many parts of the world, said Assistant Interior Secretary Craig Manson...
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By MARK PRIGG  BRITAIN'S fish population is facing a cancer epidemic, government scientists said today.   They claim that in some species, up to 25 per cent of the population suffers from liver cancer.
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Overfishing by subsidized European fleets off the coast of West Africa is hurting local fisheries and forcing people to slaughter wildlife to get enough to eat, researchers said on Thursday.
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Global demand for a tiny pet fish recently found in Myanmar is already raising concerns about the survival of the species.
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Commercial fishing methods threaten to  devastate Europe's oceans, WWF International said on Wednesday.
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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&#39;s growing appetite for exotic foods.
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The European Commission calls for cuts in quotas of cod, herring and anchovy to conserve stocks.
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BRUSSELS, Dec. 19 (IPS) - By 2050, seafood lovers may have to go for the  likes of 'jellyfish soup' and 'tofu cod and  chips' for want of fish in the sea. Because, environmental  activists say, the European Union is preparing a recipe for  disaster.
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The government needs to work harder at encouraging the nation to eat healthily, a consumer watchdog says.
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Australian environmentalists urge state and federal authorities to do more to help grey nurse sharks.
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Cod stocks in Europe's northern waters are on the verge of extinction, scientists said on Monday, calling for a blanket ban on fishing in 2005.
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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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The United Nations is stepping up its campaign to conserve the world's genetic resources so crops and animals can adapt to global warming and other challenges, focusing on fish for the first time since fish are increasingly being bred to meet the world's food needs.
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Britain's seas are in crisis, with key species in serious decline, according to a report by the WWF.
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Science & environment: European fisheries ministers seek to balance dwindling fish stocks with demands of fishing industry
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The environmental group WWF on Monday called on supermarket chains around the world to take bluefin tuna off their shelves, saying overfishing, driven by the craze for sushi, threatened to wipe out the species.