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Italy,France and Monaco signed a treaty creating the first international Whale Sanctuary in the Northern Hemisphere.
Swordfish and Bluefin Tuna continue to slip through ICCAT net
Spain and other countries are catching undersized Swordfish and Tuna in breach of international law.
EU Fishing subsidies = 14 000 Euro per boat
Taxpayers in the European Union are subsidising their fishing industry by at least 14,000 Euro per fishing boat per year , revealed the conservation organisation WWF.
WWF welcomes fishing nations' action on subsidies
WWF, the conservation organization, welcomes the call today by a coalition of the world's top fishing nations to put fisheries subsidies squarely on the agenda of trade talks due to be launched by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle later this year.
Norway sets highest whale quota since 1986 moratorium
The Norwegian whaling season opens today with the fleet of 36 boats set to hunt a 'self awarded' quota of 753 minke whales, the highest number since the moratorium on commercial whaling came into force in 1986.
Sea Otters and Dolphins Poisoned
As the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) (1) meets to deliberate the use of organotin paints (2) in London this week (2-6 November 1998), disturbing evidence of their effects are coming from around the world....
New study finds controls inadequate to protect Galapagos sea cucumbers
Sea cucumbers in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador continue to be illegally fished and are also being exported to foreign markets despite a four-year-old ban on the fishery, according to a study by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring programme of WWF and IUCN.
Toxics release in Southern Spain
Local controls and European Union laws failed once more when a dam broke in southern Spain and thousands of cubic metres of toxic acid were released into the Sea, said WWF today.
WWF Issues Warning to Governments as International Year of the Ocean Ends
LONDON -- As the International Year of the Ocean (IYO) draws to a close, the conservation organization WWF warned that action by governments to protect our oceans is inadequate to meet the growing pressure on them.
So-called recovery plan increases quota for depleted tuna
GLAND, Switzerland -- Caving in to pressure from the fishing industries of the United States, Japan and Canada, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) ended its annual meeting yesterday..