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SHARK FINS: TRADE OR GENOCIDE? |
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(26-02-11) The trade in shark fins is the commercial lifeblood of Kesennuma, a fishing port in north-east Japan who accounts for 90% of the country's shark fin trade, which some claim amounts to 'the genocide of a species'. That’s a J. McCurry / Guardian's report. >>
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WHY ARE KING CRABS MOVING? |
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(11-02-11) Warming waters along the Antarctic Peninsula have opened the door to shell-crushing king crabs that threaten a unique ecosystem on the seafloor, according to new research by a US-Sweden team of marine researchers. >>
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Text: Guadalupe Romero |
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SPANISH CATALOGUE OF THREATENED SPECIES |
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(10-02-11) Although criticized for incomplete, because many endangered species do not appear due to economical pressures, the new Spanish Catalogue for Threatened Species has been passed. It actualizes the previous catalogue and it is created a List of Wild Species in Special Protection Regime, adapting this public register to the Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Act. >>
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Text: Guadalupe Romero / Marta Madina
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SARGASSO, SEA OF MYSTERIES |
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(02-02-11) The Sargasso Sea has been and still is a place full of mysteries that are gradually uncovered. There, three biological phenomena and a disturbing fame because of shipwrecks and disappearances join. >>
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Seals and dolphins endangered |
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(27-01-11) Two of the most endangered species in the world, monk seals and humpback dolphins, are about to disappear in the Mauritanian coasts due to uncontrolled fishing. Their disappearance would change coastal marine ecosystems. >>
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Text: Guadalupe Romero / MEP |
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EEL MORATORIUM |
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(25-01-11) Eel is in critically endangered in Europe and its presence in Andalusia (Spain) has reduced 98% in the last three decades. Besides, fishing 1 kg of young eel means catching more than 65 kg of other species. >>
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Text: M. Madina / G. Romero
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