Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Washington, August 29 : A study on a newly discovered living species of giant clam called Tridacna costata suggests that modern humans' dispersal out of Africa into the Red Sea and adjacent regions 110,000 to 90,000 years ago might have been driven largely by competition for marine resources.
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
About 2 000 tons of wild SA perlemoen, with a market value of R1,2-billion, were landed in Hong Kong last year - the bulk of which was poached and smuggled out of the country.Experts says this huge loss of revenue is a result of the department of environmental affairs having no comprehensive strategy to curb perlemoen poaching since the anti-poaching Marines were disbanded.The environmental...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Namibia: Few Locals Take Up the CallAnna IngwafaOmeegeWhile the Government calls for people to initiate projects and enhance development in their communities, only a few Namibians are doing so.Government institutions such as the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Agriculture and Forestry as well as the Development Bank of Namibia, among others, have embarked upon programmes to...
IOL (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
... navy's lack of ability to patrol South African waters has led to the plundering of the country's marine resources.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
... government teaching manual refer to its claim to the area, which is mostly uninhabited but rich in marine resources.
South Korea and Japan have been arguing about the islets for decades in a dispute made all the more complex by Japan's colonial rule of the Korean peninsula from 1910-1945.
No incidents, such as the appearance of Japanese coast guard ships, which South Korea...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
... seven horse mackerel vessels were recalled from the fishing grounds.The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources said that suspect devices, allegedly used for dumping fish, were found on board the vessels.The vessels were contracted by Namsov fishing and Erongo Marine Enterprises.All the captains are allegedly Russian.Tarakanov, Valkovsky and Parazhnikov returned to Russia...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
... government teaching manual refer to its claim to the area, which is mostly uninhabited but rich in marine resources. South Korea and Japan have been arguing about the islets for decades in a dispute made all the more complex by Japan's colonial rule of the Korean peninsula from 1910-1945. No incidents, such as the appearance of Japanese coast guard ships, which South Korea says sometimes...
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Port-Louis, Mauritius - The Mauritian Ministry of Agroprocessing and Fisheries will soon enact laws to control sea cucumber fishing, an official source told PANA here. An official from the ministry said on Tuesday evening that the decision was aimed at ensuring a sustainable exploitation of the marine resource.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Deakin University scientist Dr Giovanni Turchini has discovered an estimated 2.48 million tonnes of forage fish - a limited biological resource - is consumed by the global cat food industry each year. "That such a large amount of fish is used for the pet food industry is real eye-opener," Dr Turchini said. "What is also interesting is that, in Australia, pet cats are eating an estimated 13.7...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
The Institute of Cetacean Research, a research body that has collaborated with the agency, will verify whether the whales' eating habits have caused damage to marine resources, the official said.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
MADURAI: The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by a businessman to restrain the Wildlife Warden of the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park from interfering with the use of coral reefs for manufacturing lime ...
