Wednesday 22 June 2011

chilean sea bass endangered

As Andy Revkin reports on the New York Times' Dot Earth blog, Chinese government agencies recently seized 2000 frozen pangolins, a seriously endangered anteater that's poached illegally for its scales. A similar situation... Bluefin tuna populations have plummeted by a whopping 80 percent in recent years, while species like Chilean sea bass and Atlantic cod consistently turn up in fish guides' "Avoid" section because they are so overfished. The International...

seabass In Brief: Al Gore
seabass In Brief: Al Gore

aka Chilean sea bass.
aka Chilean sea bass.

That Chilean sea bass
That Chilean sea bass

Chilean Sea Bass, one of the
Chilean Sea Bass, one of the

Chilean Sea Bass
Chilean Sea Bass

Chilean Sea Bass Endangered by
Chilean Sea Bass Endangered by

Most Chilean sea bass sold in the U.S. comes from fishermen who have captured them illegally, although the U.S. Department of State says that illegal harvesting of the fish has declined in recent years. Nevertheless, fish stocks are in... To top it off, bluefin tuna are severely overharvested, to the point of reaching near-extinction levels, and are considered "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Rather than trying to navigate the...
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... the hotel chain want to reverse the devastation of sharks killed for soup (36 million a year), Shangri-La hotels has also decided to begin phasing out Bluefin tuna and Chilean sea bass, both of which are highly endangered.
chilean sea bass endangered

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