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News stories for February 2007 Click the image or link to read the full story.
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28 February 2007
There is a growing scientific consensus across the world that the oceans are in deep trouble and that humanity is responsible. The symptoms include collapses in fish populations, deaths of coral reefs, the contamination of sea life with toxic chemicals... |
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27 February 2007
A Japanese fisherman turns the sea to blood as he spears dolphins in horrific scenes that will shock people all over the world. The dolphins are among thousands rounded up each year for slaughter because they are considered not good enough for local aquariums. |
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27 February 2007
A case of mistaken identity may be bad news for a prized game fish. A new study that describes a striking resemblance between the roundscale spearfish and the white marlin could mean that the marlin--already a threatened species--might be closer to extinction than previously estimated. |
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26 February 2007
Spain wants ships to slow down and watch out for whales while passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, one of the world's busiest maritime routes. The recommendation drew praise Saturday... |
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25 February 2007
Scientists have discovered four giant lakes under the Antarctic ice. Together the four are as big as Lake Vostok, the biggest body of water so far discovered in Antarctica. |
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24 February 2007
A voyage to Antarctica's icy depths has revealed a rich array of marine life and geological features that may shed light on the region's past and future. |
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23 February 2007
The threat to ocean-going sharks is more severe than previously thought. Scientists with the WCU, which publishes the Red Lists of Threatened Species, have upgraded the "threat" category of several sharks. |
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22 February 2007
Forensic investigators from Australian Federal Police (AFP) are examining an anti-whaling vessel moored in Melbourne after it collided with a Japanese ship in Antarctic waters. |
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21 February 2007
North American marine turtles are at risk if global warming occurs at predicted levels, according to scientists from the University of Exeter. Just one degree Celsius could completely eliminate the birth of male turtles from some beaches. |
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20 February 2007
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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19 February 2007
All EU nations must back proposals to cut harmful emissions by 30% by 2020 or risk jeopardising the global effort to curb climate change, warn ministers. The call for unity among the 27-nation bloc was made by the UK Environment Secretary, David Miliband, and his Spanish and Slovenian counterparts. |
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18 February 2007
At a press conference at the AAAS on Feb 18th, an international team of leading fisheries economists, biologists, and ecologists will call for the abolition of government fuel subsidies on deep-sea fishing vessels. |
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17 February 2007
The crippled Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru which lost a crew member overboard in an accident last week is refusing offers from Greenpeace to tow it from the Ross Sea off Antarctica. |
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16 February 2007
A dolphin at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan has been given a new lease of life, after being fitted with an artificial fin. |
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15 February 2007
A Japanese whaling ship on fire off the coast of Antarctica has sparked fears of an environmental disaster if the ship's 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil and chemicals leaks. The fire broke out on Thursday at about 5 a.m. New Zealand time on the black-hulled Nisshin Maru, the 8,000 ton flagship of the Japan whaling fleet. |
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14 February 2007
Enormous deep-sea squid emit blinding flashes of light as they attack their prey, research shows. Taningia danae's spectacular light show was revealed in video footage taken in deep waters off Chichijima Island in the North Pacific. |
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13 February 2007
A major British retail chain has teamed up with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and fishermen in Sri Lanka in a bid to save thousands of endangered marine turtles that are accidentally snagged by longline fishing hooks each year. |
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12 February 2007
Anti-whaling activists say one of their vessels and a Japanese whaling ship have collided near the Ross Sea, sparking a distress call from the Japanese crew. |
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11 February 2007
Kendra Daly of the University of South Florida is working to build a network of observatories to examine one of the solar system's most mysterious planets: Earth. She leads an ambitious $309-million effort, financed by Congress through the National Science Foundation and based in Washington D.C., to create "ocean observatories." |
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10 February 2007
After years of lobbying efforts, the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission and the European Community have agreed to protect the coral-rich waters off northwest Scotland. The Rockall and Hatton Banks — located in the North Atlantic will now be protected from destructive fishing... |
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09 February 2007
A nautical confrontation was looming last night in the Southern Ocean between Japanese whalers and international environmentalists after the first contact was made between their two fleets near Sturge island in Antarctica. |
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08 February 2007
Scientists are projecting that if seafood consumption continues as it is, the seafood supply could collapse by 2048. A study recently released by the Marine Fish Conservation Network shows that a loss of biodiversity in the world’s oceans has led to higher rates of disease, pollution and overfishing of species. |
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07 February 2007
WWF has launched its third annual international Smart Gear Competition, seeking new designs for fishing gear that reduces marine bycatch — the accidental catch and related deaths of millions of marine species in nets and longlines each year. |
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06 February 2007
The death of another critically endangered western grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in Japanese fishing nets has scientists and conservationists concerned for the safety of the species — and confused as to why the deaths are happening. |
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05 February 2007
Twenty five metres below the sparkling waters of the Indian Ocean the rock pinnacle sticks out from the reef like a talon. Behind me a coral wall stretches north and south as far as the eye can see... |
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04 February 2007
People in low-lying coastal zones, like much of the state of Florida, might want to take a better look at the ocean waters that a new global warming report predicts will steadily creep ashore. The seas aren't just rising because of human influence on climate, as a United Nations panel reported last week. They are in terrible condition, too. |
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03 February 2007
Global climate change is "very likely" to have a human cause, an influential group of scientists has concluded. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said temperatures were probably going to increase by 1.8-4C (3.2-7.2F) by the end of the century. |
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02 February 2007
With divers seeking Great White shark encounters in far away places like South Africa, the US dive industry has been surprised at the meteoric rise of the newest White Shark site at Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. |
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01 February 2007
A pod of killer whales has been spotted off the coast of Scotland. Workers on the Forth Rail Bridge said they'd seen up to nine of the whales swimming near the bridge in the Firth of Forth. |
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01 February 2007
The United States made modest progress on protecting its oceans last year, but still needs to boost funding for desperately needed reforms, a commission on ocean policy said Tuesday. |
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