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News stories for December 2007 Click the image or link to read the full story.
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31 December 2007
Continents of garbage in the oceans are killing marine life and releasing poisons that enter the human food chain, Amanda Woods writes in the Sydney Morning Herald |
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30 December 2007
Scientists are concerned that poachers are targeting a coral reef 250km from Western Australia’s Broome coast because it is teeming with shark species used in shark’s fin soup and valuable marine invertebrates such as trochus, trepang and giant clams. |
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29 December 2007
Green campaigners are urging Europe's fisheries ministers to impose a total fishing ban on waters west of Ireland, harbouring rare cold-water coral reefs. |
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28 December 2007
The loss of deep-sea species poses a severe threat to the future of the oceans, suggests a new report publishing early online on December 27th and in the January 8th issue of Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press. |
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27 December 2007
A Charles Darwin University researcher with expertise in tracking marine animals has set up a study off the Western Australian coast to map the movements of reef sharks. Dr Iain Field spent three weeks at the Rowley Shoals off the Kimberley coast tagging sharks and setting up receivers at coral reefs.
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27 December 2007
Conservation of sea turtle nesting sites is paying off for the endangered reptiles, reports a new study published this month in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography. |
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25 December 2007
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) in the US has announced its top 10 wildlife conservation success stories for 2007. From amphibians to zebras, AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums are spearheading new efforts to protect wild animals |
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24 December 2007
A choolof bottlenose dolphins could scupper oil and gas exploration in parts of Cardigan Bay in Wales, UK energy minister Malcolm Wicks said yesterday. |
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23 December 2007
A controversial Japanese mission to hunt humpback whales in the Antarctic has been temporarily abandoned, a top government official says.
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22 December 2007
The EU has agreed a fishing quota that conservationists fear could lead to porbeagle sharks being wiped out. |
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21 December 2007
The Rudd Government is set to dramatically escalate Australia's efforts to stop Japanese whalers, sending a ship and an aircraft to gather evidence against them in the Southern Ocean, |
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20 December 2007
A "fair settlement" has been reached on 2008 EU fishing quotas at the annual talks in Brussels, UK Fisheries Minister Jonathan Shaw has said. |
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19 December 2007
The survival of the world’s coral reefs will be seriously threatened by 2050 if atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and the acidity of ocean waters continue to rise at the present rate, said a study. |
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18 December 2007
Well-managed, locally-supported marine reserves in the Asia-Pacific region can significantly help reduce poverty and enhance the quality of life for residents of local communities, according to a new study. |
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17 December 2007
Some 40,000 walruses have appeared on the Russian Arctic coast, a phenomenon that scientists believe is a result of global warming melting Arctic sea ice. According to WWF, this is the largest walrus haul out — areas where walruses rest when they are out of the water. |
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16 December 2007
Green is the environmentalists' colour. But actually the idea is to keep the marine environment blue and definitely not green with algae, hence the Blue Planet Forum in Brussels 27- 28 November organised by the EU... |
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15 December 2007
The federal government is considering listing loggerhead sea turtles that live along California's coast and off Hawaii as an endangered species and further protecting their habitat. |
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14 December 2007
Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas Approves Million Dollar Grant for Conservation in Argentina as Well as Other Far-Reaching Environmental Grants. |
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13 December 2007
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA - USA), marine debris “injures and kills marine life, interferes with navigation safety, has adverse economic impacts to shipping and coastal industries, and poses a threat to human health” |
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12 December 2007
The oil spill that wreaked havoc in the Kerch Strait leading to the Black Sea in early November will take at least 5 to 10 years for the marine environment to recover, says WWF. |
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11 December 2007
The IUCN World Conservation Union officially declared the Florida manatee endangered, using exactly the same criteria Florida officials are attempting to use to justify downgrading the manatee's status from endangered to threatened. |
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10 December 2007
European Union (EU) fisheries ministers meeting during November agreed unanimously on a multi-annual stock reconstitution plan for bluefin tuna, the highly-prized yet threatened fish species popularly used for sashimi and sushi. |
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09 December 2007
Research published last month paints an increasingly gloomy picture of the accelerating rate of climate change, raising genuine fears that efforts to combat carbon emissions may already be too late... |
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08 December 2007
On December 9, 2007, the ice-breaking research vessel Polarstern will celebrate her 25th anniversary of service: since 1982, the world's most powerful polar research vessel has been venturing to the Arctic and Antarctic. |
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07 December 2007
It is difficult to dive below the surface of the Dead Sea because of its massive salt content. The Dead Sea - which is 45 miles long by nine miles wide - is not a sea but a landlocked salt lake. |
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06 December 2007
If continents are the Earth's sturdy bones and the atmosphere its thin skin, then the oceans are its heart, circulatory system and blood. And despite the crucial role played by the oceans in the health of the planet, there is little monitoring of ocean health. |
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05 December 2007
The mauve stinger jellyfish was rarely seen in British waters until recently. There are now more animals just like it moving into the area, including Chinese mitten crabs and the zebra mussel. |
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05 December 2007
Moreton Bay, known as Brisbane's playground, will stay that way, according to Premier Anna Bligh, who yesterday announced that professional fishing would be banned in almost 15per cent of the vast waterway. |
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04 December 2007
Ten years ago, Henry and Lisa Lovejoy stood ankle-deep amid dead tuna in a Tokyo warehouse the size of a football field. The tuna were headed to the dinner tables of Japan, and the warehouses would fill with fresh kill the next day. |
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03 December 2007
World governments are meeting for a key UN climate summit that will attempt to reach a deal on what should replace the Kyoto Protocol, which ends in 2012. Talks will centre on whether binding targets are needed to cut emissions. |
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02 December 2007
Marine reserves, co-managed by local communities, can help alleviate the impact of poverty, a study suggests. Research into four successful schemes showed that getting villagers involved in protection projects reduced harmful overfishing and protected incomes. |
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01 December 2007
Victoria's third annual fish census gets underway today with up to 300 scuba divers and snorkellers monitoring marine life at their favourite divesites.
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01 December 2007
With three reported whale deaths by ship strike last summer, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and other New England-based conservation groups have been faced with increased management pressures. |
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