Here we list some of the major international marine conservation groups undertaking conservation projects and initiatives that are related to the marine environment or conservation situation in Hong Kong.
In light of rapid changes due to climate change commercial fishing has been banned in US waters north of the Bering Strait and east to the Canadian border. This is to enable proper assessment of the effects on the region of global warming.
“The Marine Conservation Alliance — an association representing fishermen and processors who harvest groundfish and crab off Alaska’s coast — endorsed the council’s decision to close an area spanning nearly 200,000 square miles, an area nearly twice as large as the U.S. national park system”
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There will be a special showing of the globally acclaimed documentary, Sharkwater, to highlight the critical issues that the ocean ecosystem faces, partly due to the shark finning industry. When: Wednesday, November 19th, 8:30pm (the movie is about 80min)
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An article in the SCMP on Friday 10th October pointed out that according to a report released from the World Bank and the FAO there are $50B of potential economic benefit lost each year in the fisheries industry through poor management, overfishing and inefficiencies.
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An article in the SCMP of 2nd October 2008 pointed out that pollution from sewage, farm runoff and overfishing will cause the world’s reefs to die off decades before global warming does. The article points to overfishing which causes an
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Reports from the BBC highlight the recent findings from the Lundy no-take zone. The zone was set up in 2003 and is being monitored by a team of professional scientists who, over a five-year study period, are looking into
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A report from the BBC reports on the “signficant revival in sea life” as a result of five years of restricted fishing off Lundy island. The Eastern coast of Lundy Island is currently the only “No-Take” zone in UK waters. Significantly
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released the details of a first study into the status of 21 pelagic (open sea) sharks and rays. Unfortunately 11 have been found to be in danger of extinction. Whitetip
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On the 3rd April 2008 the UK Environment Secretary laid out a plan for the setup of a network of marine conservation zones around the British coastline. The Marine Conservations Zones (MCZ) will have a varying degree of protection from
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Expanded by an announcement of the governement of Kiribati this reserve is the world’s largest Marine Protected Area covering 410,500 km2 Click on the following URL a fantastic and very informative website. http://www.phoenixislands.org/index.php A map of PIPA
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Fishing-ban marine reserve has been setup for the Isle of Arran in Scotland. This is only the second no-take zone to the setup in the UK, the other being the Lundy Island in the Bristol channel. There is increasing
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The cetaceans, are seeking a stop to drilling and underwater blasting conducted by Japan Petroleum Exploration Company. This is an interesting angle. I wonder if similar injunctions could be filed by marine life in other areas against, for instance damaging
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Kiribati has double the size of the marine reserve it promised to setup in 2008 creating the worlds largest marine reserve, covering 164,000 miles2..!! Conservation International and the New England Aquarium of Boston, two US based conservation groups assisted
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