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Category Archives: overfishing
Sustainability certification fails to protect environment: report
So much for guilt-free seafood. An international program run by the Marine Stewardship Council purports to certify only sustainably harvested fish, but is “failing” to protect the environment and needs radical reform, says a highly critical report released Wednesday. Many … Continue reading
Bluefin tuna: can trade bans protect our fisheries?
Atlantic bluefin tuna could be the first widely eaten species to be banned from being traded internationally. Would it work, and would it set a useful precedent for other species? http://www.theecologist.org/News
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Tagged blue fin tuna, protect our fisheries, the ecologist, trade bans, www.csrplus.co.uk
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How can we have fish tomorrow? Ask the past
Dismissed initially as a good storyteller but nothing more, environmental historian Poul Holm has mapped the history of marine animals in such detail that it is having profound impacts on our current understanding of the oceans. http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/natural_world/
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Tagged marine animals, oceans, overfishing, the ecologist, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Tuna ban ‘justified’ by science
Banning trade in Atlantic Bluefin tuna is justified by the extent of their decline, an analysis by scientists advising fisheries regulators suggests. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas’ (ICCAT) advisers said stocks are probably less than 15% … Continue reading
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Tagged banning trade, Bluefin tuna, conservation, fish stocks, ICCAT, over-fishing, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Can salmon farming be sustainable?
Salmon farming is renowned for its local environmental pollution, but now some fish farmers are starting to look at fish waste as an untapped resource? http://www.theecologist.org/News
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Tagged environmental pollution, fish farming, salmon farming, sustainable fishing, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.theecologist.org/
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Last chance to change our behaviour
There is growing awareness of the damage we are doing to the planet and the natural resources on which we depend, says David Hillyard. Yet, he argues in this week’s BBC Green Room, we still carry on along the same … Continue reading
Posted in Deforestation, biodiversity, business, climate change, communications, conservation, consumerism, economics, education, environment, future, global warming, happiness, health, leadership, lifestyle, oceans, overfishing, quality of life, social responsibility, water shortage
Tagged attitude and habits, behavioural change, climate change, ecosystems and business, environmental destruction, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8242410.stm, human life, quality of life, species loss, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Imagine a world without Fish
As Greenpeace revealed last year, Nobu, who pride themselves as market leaders and an exclusive venue, were serving up bluefin tuna as sushi. Bluefin is an endangered species, like rhinos, tigers, or gorillas, and after it was pointed out to … Continue reading
The End of the Line
Hot on the heels of The Age of Stupid comes The End of the Line, a disturbing and powerful film about one of the world’s most shockingly ignored problems – overfishing. For centuries people have viewed the seas as an … Continue reading
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Tagged GREENPEACE, overfishing, the age of stupid, the end of the line, www.csrplus.co.uk
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