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Global
issues: Marine
global marine issues
including mangroves, coral reefs, oceans, shores, aquaculture, conservation
and threats.
See also sea turtles, dolphins
and other cetaceans,
shark's fins, seagrasses, marine
litter, tsunami and the Environment and
global warming.
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recreation in our wild places and wildlife
trade
2004-2005
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Overfishing: Fish-head curry a rare dish in 10 years?
By Nilanjana Sengupta Straits Times 8 Nov 07
Argentina seizes five tons of protected
Philippine coral, seashells Yahoo News 5 Nov 07
Parrotfish on Menu Puts Caribbean Coral
at Risk
Story by Ben Hirschler PlanetArk 1 Nov 07
Tourism Threatens One of East Asia's
Top Diving Spots
Story by Ralph Jennings PlanetArk 1 Nov 07
Faroes go against the current for a sustainable
fishing industry by Slim Allagui Yahoo News 29 Oct 07
South African Cabinet Bans Abalone Fishing
PlanetArk 26 Oct 07
Japanese tuna scandal starts to bite
Andrew Darby The Age 24 Oct 07
Without action, global warming damage
to reefs soon irreversible Consensus declaration on coral reef futures
University of Queensland 22 Oct 07
Oceans Are Soaking Up Less CO2, Research
Shows
PlanetArk 22 Oct 07
Moon's Blue Light a Coral Aphrodisiac,
Say Scientists
Story by Michael Perry PlanetArk 22 Oct 07
Ambitious Inventory of Marine Life
By Zilia Castrillón PS-Interpress service 19 Oct 07
Acid Oceans From Carbon Dioxide Will
Endanger One Third Of Marine Life, Scientists Predict Science Daily
17 Oct 07
Bluefin Tuna: Last rites for a marine
marvel?
By Richard Black BBC 17 Oct 07
Coastal habitats are the biosphere’s
most imperiled ecosystems Innovations Report 18 Oct 07
Possible new marine species found in
Celebes Sea
Yahoo News 16 Oct 07
Scientists call for drastic cuts in EU
cod fishing
Yahoo News 15 Oct 07
Southern bluefin tuna fishing fleets
a danger to wildlife in the Pacific WWF 11 Oct 07
Mauritius Scientists Fear Tourism Impact
on Coral
Story by Ed Harris PlanetArk 10 Oct 07
China tightens environmental criteria
for coastal projects
Straits Times 6 Oct 07
Corals May Have Defense Against Global
Warming
Helen Scales National Geographic 4 Oct 07
Illegal Divers Forced To Bomb, Dive Deep
Reefs As Shallows Wiped Out The Daily Express 3 Oct 07
Philippines Bans Fishing to Revive Biggest
Reef
PlanetArk 3 Oct 07
Sushi craze threatens Mediterranean's
giant tuna
By Ben Harding Yahoo News 1 Oct 07
Alien intrusions threaten Sweden's seas
Yahoo News 28 Sep 07
US beach erosion forces officials to
search for alternatives to sand Channel NewsAsia 29 Sep 07
Illegal prawn farms killing mangroves
in forest reserve
Straits Times 29 Sep 07
Wanted: greener fish Market trends
require stronger environmental performance by seafood industry FAO 25
Sep 07
European Fishing Pirates Hit Pacific:
Greenpeace
Story by Rob Taylor PlanetArk 26 Sep 07
Fish disappear from stressed Philippines
coral reefs
Yahoo News 24 Sep 07
Horror stories from 'History of the Sea'
By Sandy Bauers Philadelphia Inquirer 23 Sep 07
10 Solutions to Save the Ocean
Brian Halweil World Watch Institute 21 Sep 07
EU bans tuna fishing as quotas breached
Yahoo News 19 Sep 07
SOS for Fading Ocean Life: National
Parks of the Sea
World Watch Institute 19 Sep 07
Plunder or protection: WWF calls for
safeguarding Coral Sea WWF 18 Sep 07
Coral Triangle Intiative: drive on coral
reefs and food security
Abdul Halim and Sheldon Cohen Jakarta Post 17 Sep 07
Naomi Campbell casino plan sparks worry
over rare Kenyan turtle by Bogonko Bosire Yahoo News 14 Sep 07
Ocean time bomb: Acid caused by greenhouse
gases is ravaging marine life Graham Phillips The Sydney Morning
Herald 12 Sep 07
Drop in tuna catch rattles Philippines'
cannery row
By Alastair McIndoe Straits Times 10 Sep 07
Malacca Strait users to help keep waterway
safe and clean
By Khushwant Singh Straits Times 5 Sep 07
Algae DNA analysis to help fight reef
damage
ABC 29 Aug 07
Australian Jellyfish Invade U.S. Waters
Scott Norris National Geographic 27 Aug 07
Crushed Glass to Be Spread on Beaches
By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Yahoo News 26 Aug 07
Avoiding a Coral Catastrophe
By Krista Mahr Time 23 Aug 07
Weird Creatures Found on Deep-Sea "Mountain
Range"
Kate Ravilious National Geographic 21 Aug 07
Monster Jellyfish Invade Gulf of Mexico
Robert Roy Britt Yahoo News 18 Aug 07
US states petitioned on ocean acidification
By Dan Joling, Associated Press Yahoo News 17 Aug 07
Israeli-Jordanian team set up first artificial
coral reef in the Red Sea By Nicky Blackburn Israel 21C 13 Aug 07
Eating fish: good for heart, bad for
environment?
By Ed Stoddard Yahoo News 10 Aug 07
Call for $300m to clean up mud pouring
into the Great Barrier Reef Wendy Frew Environment Reporter The
Sydney Morning Herald 10 Aug 07
Researcher: Texas 'Dead zone' shrinking
By Michael Graczyk, Associated Press Yahoo News 10 Aug 07
Mediterranean jellyfish plague
independent.ie 6 Aug 07
Coral reefs dying faster than expected
By Michael Casey, AP Yahoo News 7 Aug 07
Mass coral bleaching off Okinawa
Daily Yomiuri Online 5 Aug 07
Coral bleaching as record cold hits Great
Barrier Reef
Matthew Warren, Environment writer The Australian 4 Aug 07
Gulf of Mexico plagued by record "dead
zones"
By Jeff Franks Yahoo News 3 Aug 07
New York Marshes Vanishing Fast - Study
Story by Daniel Trotta PlanetArk 3 Aug 07
Johor: Firm to work with environs groups
on Sungai Pulai development R. Sittamparam New Straits Times 15 Aug
07
SOS to save Sungai Pulai estuary
By R. Sittamparam New Straits Times 2 Aug 07
Post-flood 'dead zone' found off Texas
By Michael Graczyk, Associated Press Yahoo News 31 Jul 07
Rare Reef-building Sponge Found in Pacific
Andrea Thompson LiveScience Yahoo News 31 Jul 07
Hundreds of Oil-Covered Penguins Surface
in South America Robin Lloyd LiveScience Yahoo News 27 Jul 07
Malaysian fishermen fight to save livelihood
By R. Sittamparam New Straits Times 26 Jul 07
Voracious jumbo squid invade California
Yahoo News 26 Jul 07
New Report Finds 80 Percent Loss of Coastal
Marine Habitats in Europe emediawire 23 Jul 07
Ecosystems of Vietnam's Long Coastline
are in Peril
Story by Grant McCool PlanetArk 17 Jul 07
Coral "shuffle" helps reefs survive warmer
world: study
Yahoo News 13 Jul 07
Soft Corals "Melting" Due to Warming
Seas, Expert Says
Mati Milstein National Geographic 13 Jul 07
Research: C02 Hurts Reef Growth
'Dissolving Instead Of Growing' Underwatertimes 11 Jul 07
Study: Recovery Of Fish Populations From
Overfishing Can Take Decades; 'Up To 37 Years' Underwatertimes 11
Jul 07
Florida Raises Ill-Fated Artificial Reefs
Story by Jim Loney PlanetArk 10 Jul 07
Green campaigners keep watch on Dubai's
man-made isles
by Laith Abou-Ragheb Yahoo News 5 Jul 07
'Fishcams' make their case
By Sarah Mukherjee BBC 3 Jul 07
Surge of dead seabirds alarms scientists
By Bruce Smith, Associated Press Yahoo News 3 Jul 07
Study: Hurricanes may aid stressed coral
Yahoo News 2 Jul 07
The Green Fins programme aims to educate
divers and protect coral reefs Normita Thongtham Bangkok Post 1 Jul
07
Bahrain: Are coral reefs history?
By Adele O'Shea Gulf Daily News 1 Jul 07
Thousands flee floodwaters in Solomon
Island
Channel NewsAsia 28 Jun 07
Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Global warming threatens the survival of fragile coral reefs
By Tracy Quek Straits Times 28 Jun 07
Tuna shortage sets off national panic
in Japan
Straits Times 27 Jun 07
Fewer fish in the sea and they're smaller
too
By Reme Ahmad Straits Times 27 Jun 07
Poaching feeds and bleeds Russian Kamchatka
By Olesya Dmitracova Yahoo News 27 Jun 07
Mangroves vanishing from Indonesia's
Tangerang coastal areas Multa Fidrus Jakarta Post 26 Jun 07
More Species Overfished in US in 2006
- Report
PlanetArk 25 Jun 07
Herpes Virus Killing Coral Reefs
Andrea Thompson Yahoo News 21 Jun 07
Jellyfish taking over the seas
Brian Williams news.com.au 18 Jun 07
Japan grows coral to boost claims to
islets
Straits Times 16 Jun 07
Pollution, ships harm Florida coral reefs
By Brian Skoloff Yahoo News 15 Jun 07
Global warming could kill off reef fish
The Age 12 Jun 07
Red and Pink Corals Get UN Trade Protection
Story by Alister Doyle Yahoo News 14 Jun 07
Plastic from Asia blights Hawaii's beaches
By Matt Wells BBC News, Hawaii BBC 11 Jun 07
U.N. seeks to conserve genetic resources
By Nicole Winfield Yahoo News 11 Jun 07
US judge dumps horseshoe crab protection
Yahoo News 9 Jun 07
Myanmar Poachers Looting Andaman Ecology
- India
PlanetArk 8 Jun 07
Global warming threatens to wipe out
Caribbean coral: report Yahoo News 7 Jun 07
Europe's seas face 'bleak future'
BBC 7 Jun 07
7M pounds of trash pulled from waterways
By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Yahoo News 7 Jun 07
Warm seas and overfishing hit Mauritius
lagoon
By Ed Harris Yahoo News 7 Jun 07
Seafood alert as 'red tide' hits China
Channel NewsAsia 7 Jun 07
Slow decline of reef latest woe for
Bali
By Olivia Rondonuwu news.au.com 5 Jun 07
Indonesia threatened by global warming,
rising sea levels
Yahoo News 4 Jun 07
Mystery of the Sargasso Sea Solved
LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com Yahoo News 23 May 07
Japanese may soon eat more meat than
fish
Reuters 22 May 07
Marine life all at sea from climate change
threat: WWF
Yahoo News 22 May 07
Marine Species Suggest Antarctic 'Cradle
of Life'
Story by Maggie Fox PlanetArk 17 May 07
Indonesia Counts its Islands Before it's
Too Late
Story by Ed Davies PlanetArk 17 May 07
Study: Coral Reefs Able To Bounce Back
'Magnificently' From Bleaching Events Underwatertimes 15 May 07
'Reef doctor' is taking a big plunge
By Cammy Clark Miami Herald 14 May 07
Empty nets as tide turns on Asia's fishermen
By Jalil Hamid Reuters 13 May 07
'Balloons can kill marine life'
thisispymouth.com 7 May 07
Famous Caymans Coral Reefs Dying, Scientists
Say
Story by Shurna Robbins PlanetArk 7 May 07
Young Fish Return to "Home Reefs" to
Settle Down
Scott Norris National Geographic News 4 May 07
Australia, Asian nations vow to crack
down on illegal fishing Channel NewsAsia 5 May 07
20 nations agree on new fishing limits
By John Heilprin, Associated Press Yahoo News 4 May 07
Coral Is Dying. Can It Be Reborn?
By Cornelia Dean Tavernier New York Times 1 May 07
Cleanup of tire 'reef' ready to roll
By Amy Sherman Miami Herald 2 May 07
Coral Reef Devastation Linked to Global
Warming
LiveScience Yahoo News 1 May 07
Kazakh Officials: Abnormally Warm Winter,
Early Sea Ice Melt to Blame for Over 800 Seal Deaths Underwatertimes
1 May 07
New Species of Blue Coral Found Off the
Coast of Oman Underwatertimes 30 Apr 07
Pacific whale decline 'a mystery'
By Richard Black BBC 30 Apr 07
Human genes may hold secret to saving
Barrier Reef
Rosslyn Beeby The Canberra Times 26 Apr 07
Protecting Tioman marine life
By Simon Khoo The Star 27 Apr 07
Birds, dolphins, sea-lions sickened,
killed by algae in California Yahoo News 27 Apr 07
Fish Growing Faster in Warming Waters
John Roach National Geographic 23 Apr 07
In an Indonesian bay, fish, tumours and
controversy
by Nabiha Shahab Yahoo News 23 Apr 07
S'pore scientists research fish to find
cures for human diseases Channel NewsAsia 22 Apr 07
Vietnam oil spill mystery plot thickens
by Frank Zeller Yahoo News 21 Apr 07
Rubbish ruining fragile coastline
BBC 20 Apr 07
Monster warning to protect oceans
Mark Norman BBC 13 Apr 07
Indonesia Quake Caused Huge Coral Die-Off
- Survey
PlanetArk 13 Apr 07
Hong Kong party demands UN protection
for harbour
Yahoo News 12 Apr 07
Goa, Going, Gone - Asia Tourism Faces
Climate Chaos
Story by Simon Gardner PlanetArk 10 Apr 07
Acidic Oceans Threatening Sea Life, UN
Panel Says
PlanetArk 10 Apr 07
Manatees could lose 'endangered' status
Yahoo News 9 Apr 07
Saving the Sea Cow
The Bangkok Post SeagrassWatch International 1 Apr 07
Seals found dead on Caspian Sea shores
Yahoo News 8 Apr 07
Quake lifts Solomons island out of the
sea
by Neil Sands Yahoo News 7 Apr 07
Barrier Reef 'dead in 20 years'
By Rosemary Desmond news.com.au 6 Apr 07
Global Warming Driving Australian Fish
South - Report
Story by Michael Byrnes PlanetArk 5 Apr 07
Threat to tropical reefs growing
NZ Herald 5 Apr 07
Conservation Group: Starfish Invasion
Threatening Philippines' Coral Reefs; 'Far From Normal' Underwatertimes
4 Apr 07
Deadly Tsunami Sweeps Solomon Islands
Richard A. Lovett National Geographic 2 Apr 07
Seafood poisoning rises with warming
By Michael Casey Yahoo News 2 Apr 07
Chinese Hunger for Reef Fish Emptying
Asian Seas
Story by Nao Nakanishi PlanetArk 27 Mar 07
Australian Barrier Reef Faces Chemical
Threat: WWF
Story by Rob Taylor PlanetArk 23 Mar 07
Erosion Threat Highlighted in Portugal
Beach Flood
PlanetArk 22 Mar 07
River Dolphin Closer to Extinction Despite
Reports, Experts Say Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 21 Mar 07
Twenty coral reef fishes threatened with
extinction
IUCN 6 Mar 07
Birds play key role in restoring seagrass
By Kevin Lollar news-press.com 18 Mar 07
Poachers Suspected as 1800 Olive Ridley
Turtle Carcasses Found Along Indian Coast Underwatertimes 15 Mar
07
Aussie Researchers: 'Fat' Corals More
Likely to Survive Stress of Global Warming Underwatertimes 14 Mar
07
Save our seahorses
Chai Mei Ling New Straits Times 11 Mar 07
Rains helping cool Barrier Reef
By Phil Mercer BBC 11 Mar 07
Cancun, nature at war over beaches
By Julie Watson Yahoo News 11 Mar 07
WWF Urges Hong Kong to Reel in Fishing
Industry
PlanetArk 9 Mar 07
Verde Island Passage centre of world's
marine biodiversity
Yahoo News 7 Mar 07
20 new ocean species found in Indonesia
By Michael Casey, AP Yahoo News 28 Feb 07
Exotic Animals Seen Where Antarctic Ice
Used to Be
Story by Deborah Zabarenko PlanetArk 26 Feb 07
Acid Oceans Threatening Marine Food Chain,
Experts Warn Scott Norris National Geographic 17 Feb 07
Religious leader steps in to stop whale
shark slaughter in India Yahoo News 18 Feb 07
Ban subsidies to deep-sea fishing 'bandits':
scientists
Yahoo News 19 Feb 07
Wind shifts devastate ocean life
By Jonathan Fildes BBC 17 Feb 07
Tire reef off Florida proves a disaster
By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Writer
Yahoo News 18 Feb 07
Top End toxins pose risk to Great Barrier
Reef
Leigh Dayton, Science writer The Australian 17 Feb 07
Hong Kong marine parks fail to protect
fish: WWF
Yahoo News 15 Feb 07
Thailand struggles to save rare dugong
by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson Yahoo News 15 Feb 07
First aerial survey to map dugong numbers
Apinya Wipatayotin Bangkok Post 14 Feb 07
Five things not to eat for Chinese New
Year
TRAFFIC 12 Feb 07
Europe fights to save its fish stocks
By Raf Casert and Daniel Woolls, Associated Press
Yahoo News 11 Feb 07
Theft of 'More than a Hectare of Coral
Reefs' Uncovered in the Philippines Underwatertimes 10 Feb 07
Can Fish Farming Save Depleted Cod?
Story by Simon Rabinovitch PlanetArk 7 Feb 07
South Africa Bids to Sate Asia's Abalone
Cravings
Story by Wendell Roelf PlanetArk 6 Feb 07
Rare marine species discovered in Philippines
Yahoo News 5 Feb 07
Mystery ship suspected in oil spill off
Vietnam
Yahoo News 3 Feb 07
Global warming threatens Australia's
Barrier reef
By Rob Taylor Yahoo News 2 Feb 07
Algiers Beach becomes Algae Beach
Water infestation troublesome for Sanibel, Lee
By Kevin Lollar News-Press.com 2 Feb 07
Seas Rising Faster than U.N. Predicts
- Study
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 2 Feb 07
Scientists warn of hysteria over state
of Barrier Reef
Matthew Warren, Environment writer The Australian 1 Feb 07
Oil spill hits Vietnam's central coast
Yahoo News 1 Feb 07
Japan Atlantic Tuna Quota Slashed by
Nearly a Quarter
Story by Elaine Lies PlanetArk 1 Feb 07
Warming Oceans Put Kink in Food Chain,
Study Says
John Roach National Geographic 30 Jan 07
Dead dugong causes stir in Langkawi
New Straits Times 25 Jan 07
Over 9,000 Indonesian islands to be
named
Channel NewsAsia 27 Jan 07
Global plan to save tuna stocks, critics
say not enough
by Harumi Ozawa Yahoo News 26 Jan 07
Live-fish market grows, stripping reefs
By Michael CaseyYahoo News 24 Jan 07
Spiritual guru's word saves hundreds
of whale shark in Gujarat Sreenivas Janyala The Indian Express 24
Jan 07
Limiting visitor numbers to protect Pulau
Redang
The Star 24 Jan 07
Survey: Waterbird species are in decline
By Michael Casey Yahoo News 24 Jan 07
Japan Meeting Seeks to Save Tuna from
Extinction
Story by Elaine Lies PlanetArk 23 Jan 07
Sperm secrets of male seahorses uncovered
By Patricia Reaney Yahoo News 19 Jan 07
WTO plans threaten sea life: Greenpeace
By Daniel Wallis Yahoo News 19 Jan 07
Environmentalists: Chinese Poaching in
the Philippines 'Organized Crime'; Pressure from Envoy's Letter by Inday
Espina-Varona Underwater Times 14 Jan 07
Panel: Strong, Clear Guidelines Needed
to Regulate U.S. Offshore Marine Aquaculture Underwatertimes 11 Jan
07
Safer way to catch shrimp with traps,
not nets
By Al Jones The Sun Herald 7 Jan 07
Ocean's 30: Poachers arrested in Philippine
marine park
WWF 5 Jan 07
Chinese Poachers Charged, Jailed in the
Philippines Over Wrasse Poaching in Marine Park Underwatertimes 2
Jan 07
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