Shark-finning measures 'too lax'
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Proposed changes to EU rules will not punish fishermen who cut off sharks' fins and dump the carcasses, campaigners warn.
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For at-risk species, sport fishing accounts for one-quarter of the catch. Regulation could rise.
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Amateur anglers have a significant and possibly damaging impact on certain sea-fish populations, scientists claim. The Science magazine study says the US&#39;s 10 million saltwater recreational anglers may need better regulation.
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&quot;Shark Tale&quot; is a not-quite-fresh fish story. Fairly or not, it&#39;s bound to draw comparisons to last year&#39;s &quot;Finding Nemo,&quot; another computer-animated comedy with quirky hijinks from denizens of the sea.
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By IAN STARRETT i.starrett@newsletter.co.uk  PLANNED new water legislation could threaten fish farming, textile and other industries here, a DUP councillor has claimed.
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Environmental groups call on Australia to classify the Coral Sea as a marine park to ward off illegal shark fishermen.
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Trade in great white sharks would be restricted under a proposal adopted at a UN wildlife conference today, despite criticism that there is little evidence suggesting the fearsome ocean predators are threatened by commercial trade.
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An international conference on endangered species banned almost all trade Monday in sawfish &#151; large shark-like rays whose long snouts bristling with teeth are in high demand among collectors.
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By Eric Sharp, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 10--BALDWIN -- This isn't something you hear of too often: an angler complaining that the fish are too big.
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Science & environment: Cosmetic companies stop using shark liver oil amid concerns over survival of deep-sea predators
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The government has announced new regulations that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.
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A fisherman fuelled by vodka caught a 1.3-metre (4-foot) shark and wrestled it onto a jetty on Australia's south coast, suffering only small tear marks in his trousers, media reports said on Friday.
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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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To marine biologists, âplasticsâ is a dirty word. Fish and birds can eat or become tangled in fishing gear or other plastic flotsam.
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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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Marine scientists say a moratorium on the use of heavy trawling gear in deep waters is now essential.
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A South African shark-spotting program to warn surfers and swimmers about the approach of great whites is to be expanded, environmentalists said Thursday, though they added the sharks have more to fear than humans.