Posted on November 28th, 2011 by Basher
By Daily Mail Reporter | on 25th November 2011 If you’re planning to go head-to-head with a sea creature, it’s probably best to start small. Only the very brave, or very stupid, would begin a headbutting competition with a 50-ton sperm whale… after all, its head is one third of its overall size. Nevertheless, here [...]
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Posted on November 23rd, 2011 by Donald
By Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons 5:30 AM Tuesday Nov 22, 2011 Control of global stocks is the only answer, say Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons, authors of Hook, Line & Blinkers: Everything Kiwis Never Wanted to Know About Fishing. The election is looming, but it’s a sad state of affairs when a conversation over [...]
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Posted on November 21st, 2011 by Donald
guardian.co.uk, Friday 18 November 2011 New video footage captured by a tuna industry whistleblower has been released by Greenpeace, which reveals the routine slaughter of other marine species, including whale sharks, rays and whales. The footage is shot onboard a tuna fishing vessel in the Pacific which deploys fish aggregating devices, one of the most aggressive [...]
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Posted on November 10th, 2011 by Donald
By Isaac Davison 5:30 AM Wednesday Nov 9, 2011 Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson believes whaling in the Antarctic is at a tipping point, but no thanks to the “useless” New Zealand Government. The outspoken, uncompromising eco-warrior will soon hoist his ship’s Jolly Roger for conservation group Sea Shepherd’s eighth voyage to the Southern Ocean to [...]
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Posted on November 10th, 2011 by Will Stone
By Jamie Morton 8:37 AM Thursday Nov 10, 2011 The container ship that brought an environmental tragedy to the Bay of Plenty could become a tourist-pulling underwater wonder, says a national marine group. which is sponsoring a national divers’ conference in Tauranga this weekend, wants part of the crippled MV Rena to remain as a shipwreck [...]
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