'Ghost fishing' killing seabirds
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Birds on the remote island of St Kilda are dying after eating or getting caught up in discarded fishing gear.
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Harbour porpoises are being killed in increasing numbers by bottlenose dolphins around British coasts.
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WASHINGTON - People fishing for sport are doing far more damage to US marine fish stocks than anyone thought, accounting for nearly a quarter of the catch from overfished species, researchers said.
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Seabirds who survive an oil spill can help track the spread of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the event.
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Marine biologist Dr Rosemary Gales inspects a dead dolphin 29 November 2004 on King Island in Bass Strait off Australia&#39;s south coast where 80 whales and dolphins died after stranding themselves.
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By DEIRDRE CONNER  Hundreds of dead and dying seabirds are washing up on Florida's Atlantic coastline and wildlife experts say the cause is a mystery.  But they do know this: The die-off is far larger than in past years.
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Science & environment: Death of female golden eagle with fledgling chick prompts calls for crackdown on rogue gamekeepers.
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An increasing number of redpolls are dying off in the Fairbanks area this winter, baffling wildlife biologists. Experts had suspected the red-capped finches were dying of salmonellosis, but preliminary cultures did not confirm the presence of the bacteria.
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SCOTLANDâS beleaguered white-fish fleet was last night facing another end-of-year battle for economic survival in the face of a European Commission demand for trawling to be outlawed in more than 10,000 square miles of the North Sea and west-coast waters
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By Randolph E. Schmid THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  SAN FRANCISCO -- With declining catches close to shore, commercial fishing is turning to deeper waters, threatening species that live in the cold and gloom of the deep oceans, according to researchers.
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This is the time of year when, in the lengthening shadows of afternoon, the air grows still and mysterious around here. An aura of secrecy and duplicity replaces that friendly banter among serious fisherpeople. Down the long strand of beach, shadowy figures keep to themselves, never showing whatever success they may be enjoying.
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Overfishing on the Mediterranean is threatening artisanal fishermen and endangering more than 100 marine species.
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Oceana biologists and divers have documented accidental catches on board a Spanish fishing vessel.
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By Robin Turner  Tombstoning - the craze in which people jump into the sea from rocks or tall buildings - will kill again, coastguards warned last night. Their alert follows the death of a 46-year-old man from South Wales, who died after jumping 30ft into the sea off the South Devon coast.
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A satellite tracking project shows the ocean hotspots where albatrosses come into conflict with longline trawlers.
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Scientists blame excessive fishing in the Black Sea for destablising its ecosystem, allowing  jellyfish to thrive.
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FORTESCUE, New Jersey  - A tiny shorebird is edging closer to extinction, threatened by fishermen who destroy its food staple for bait and loved by ornithologists who are drawn from around the world to count it.