Tag: fish
Global Food Producers ‘Failing to Face Up to Role’ in Climate Crisis
The world’s biggest producers of meat, dairy and seafood are failing to tackle the enormous impact they are having on the planet through deforestation, the routine use of antibiotics and greenhouse gas...
Great Barrier Reef Outlook Now ‘Very Poor’, Australian Government Review Says
The outlook for the Great Barrier Reef has deteriorated from poor to very poor according to an exhaustive government report that warns the window of opportunity to improve the natural wonder’s future...
South Africa Gets Go-Ahead to Increase Black Rhino Trophy Hunting
South Africa has won permission to almost double the number of black rhinos that can be killed as trophies after arguing the money raised will support conservation of the critically endangered species.The...
Climate Crisis and Antibiotic Use Could ‘Sink’ Fish Farming Industry – Report
The climate crisis, drug use and feeding farmed fish with wild stocks risks “sinking” the $230bn (£180bn) aquaculture industry, according to an ethical investment network.Fish farms now surpass wild fisheries as the...
EU Clean Water Laws Under Attack from Industry Lobbyists
Industry lobbies are mounting a push to roll back EU clean water regulations, even though less than half of the continent’s rivers, wetlands and lakes are in a healthy state.The lobby offensive...
Major Threats to New Zealand’s Environment Highlighted in Government Report
New Zealand's pristine image as a haven of untouched forests and landscapes was tarnished this week by a brand new government report. The Environment Aotearoa 2019 painted a bleak image of the...
‘Extinction Crisis’ Threatening Global Food Supply, UN Report Warns
A drop in global biodiversity is putting our ability to produce food at risk, a new United Nations report warns.According to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, biodiversity in food and agriculture...
Microplastics Found in Every Marine Mammal Surveyed in UK Study
Microplastics are being widely ingested by Britain’s marine mammals, scientists say, with samples found in every animal examined in a study.The research on 50 stranded creatures including porpoises, dolphins, grey seals and...
Pet Food Manufacturers Are Experimenting with Insects instead of Meat
It is now a well-established fact that there is a link between human meat consumption and climate change, thanks to the CO2 and methane emissions that come from raising and transporting cattle...
Flexitarian Food Puts Meat-Based Diets at Steak to Save the Planet
Scientists say a new ‘flexitarian’ diet needs to be widely adopted to protect the environment, feed the hungry and stop millions of early deaths.The EAT-Lancet Commission, which is made up of a...
Arabian Sea Sharks May be the Most Threatened in the World
Sharks, rays and chimaeras are some of the most threatened fish in the world. More than 50 percent of species in the Arabian Sea are at elevated risk of extinction due to...
Dead Fish to Power Cruise Ships
Norwegian company to fuel liners with biogas made from leftovers of fish processing.Waste fish parts will be used to power ships in a new initiative to use green energy for polluting cruise...
Mosquitoes Could Spread Microplastics, Study Suggests
Microplastics, which get gobbled up by whales, deep-sea fish and plankton, have also turned up in the bodies of mosquitoes, scientists have revealed.The research, published Wednesday in the journal Biology Letters, is...
UK Public Urged to Use Water Wisely
The public is being urged to use water wisely as the UK environment “suffered” due to the heatwave between May and July.
The call from the National Drought Group comes after a meeting,...
Fish Populations Could Rise in Warming Climate with Better Management
Better management of fisheries and fishing rights around the world could increase profits and leave more fish in the sea as long as measures to meet climate obligations are taken, new research...
Exotic Pets Are Most Likely to Be Released in the Wild and Become Invasive Species
With imports of Fish and Wildlife-regulated reptiles exceeding one million individuals each year, it is no surprise that many of these animals are finding their way into the wild, where they are...
