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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Posted on November 1st, 2011 by Donald
Congratulations to our very own Mazdak Radjainia – Winner of the Wildlife category! Photographer of the Year 2011 Congratulations to all the winners of the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year 2011. Twenty-two finalists were selected from nearly 3000 entries, but there could be only one Photographer of the Year. There were nearly 3,000 entries [...]
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Posted on October 17th, 2011 by Donald
30 September 2011 University of Auckland There are far fewer species on Earth – just 2 million – than widely believed and it is possible to discover them all this century, according to Associate Professor Mark Costello from The University of Auckland’s Leigh Marine Laboratory. In the keynote address at the World Conference on [...]
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Posted on October 17th, 2011 by Donald
By Natalia Real editorial@fis.com www.fis.com Tuna company Greenseas has announced that it is deepening its commitment to tuna conservation by sourcing 100 per cent of its tuna from fish aggregating device- (FAD) free sources by the end of 2015. “Greenseas was the first canned tuna brand to switch to dolphin-friendly fishing methods two decades ago, so it [...]
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