New net timer could save sea turtles from drowning

Indonesia hit by the Timor Sea spill

By: inamshah

A massive oil spill off northwest Australia has hit the Indonesia, it has been killing fish and destroying livelihoods in the poor villages along the Timor Sea.About 7,000 fishermen in East Nusa Tenggara province have been affected by the spill from the Thai-operated West Atlas rig, which has dumped thousands of barrels of oil into the Timor Sea ...

about 1 month ago

Giant jellyfish sinks a Jap trawler

By: prabirghose

Nomura’s jellyfish can be huge creatures and weigh upto 200 kilograms with diameters of upto 2 meters – which means miniature giants. A Japanese fishing trawler landed a huge catch of these fishes in their net and the boat capsized as they were trying to lift the enormous load. Such extraordinary jelly fishes had been seen in the ...

29 days ago

SOS: Save Our Seabirds (Fish Aren't The Only Victims Of Commercial ...

By: BethBot

Many conservationists have been talking about how commercial fishing practices have all but destroyed many of the most significant fish populations on the planet, like the snapper and giant bluefin tuna, however not as much attention has been drawn to the way outdated fishing techniques are negatively impacting

14 days ago

Climate Action Day highlights the urgent need to protect endangered ...

By: DelilahStarling

Polar Bear, Sea Turtles, Spotted Owl, Caribou, and Salmon Could Go Extinct if Carbon Dioxide is Not Quickly Reduced to 350 Parts Per MillionSAN FRANCISCO— As part of today’s Global Day of Climate Action, the Center for Biological Diversity has created an extensive inventory of species threatened by global warming. The interactive Web ...

about 1 month ago