Conservation

Sharks swim in safety, in The Bahamas at least

It is now illegal to fish for sharks in the waters around The Bahamas. The islands' government announced yesterday that the 630,000 square kilometers (or 243,244 square miles) of the...

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Protecting the 'known unknowns' from extinction

Call them the cinderellas of conservation, the 'known unknowns' - species that we know are out there, but which haven't been discovered yet. Conservationists are quite rightly focused on saving...

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Europe clears own waters of fish this week

Today, America celebrates its independence from British colonisers; yesterday the European Union celebrated a less happy independence, as European consumers became dependent on imported seafood. A report from OCEAN2012 and...

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