Scientists call for better protection for coral reefs
...ed areas, water quality issues, climate change and overfishing oncoral reefs. papers, together with related outreach posters, will beavailable on the ISRS website( www.fit.edu/isrs ). ISRS Briefing Paper 1 deals with the conservation of reefecosystems by incorporating them within marine protected areas. Variou...Ecosystem bounces back from hurricanes
...ion response to the floodwaters and the subsequent overfishing of the mass-migrating crabs. "We feel the historically low abundances of blue crabs in 2000 and 2001 are a direct result of the interactions between floodwaters and overfishing," Eggleston said. "The blue crabs migrated en masse, which concentrated t...Earstones tell fishes' tale of early life in the Colorado River estuary
...lorado River estuary, report researchers. Although overfishing has been implicated in the decline of both species...artment of geosciences, said, "We don't doubt that overfishing is or has been a threat to these species. We're saying that changes to the nursery area are also a t...Whales, seals or men? Who stole all the fish?
...umane whale and seal hunts. What's more, they say, overfishing is taking food from the mouths of some of the worl...vironmental groups such as Greenpeace contend that overfishing has destroyed the food sources of whales and seals off the Atlantic coast of Canada. In Alaska, Gree......drastic reductions in population density caused by overfishing present fewer opportunities for transmitting infection.) These results confirm scientists' perceptions about the rising distress of threatened populations and thus reflects a real underlying pattern in nature. That disease did not increase in all tax...Patagonia's coastal wildlife receive a protective boost by Argentine government
...one from harmful development activities, including overfishing and unregulated tourism. The agreement marks a significant milestone in sealing political commitment to the Patagonia Coastal Zone Management Plan, which was spearheaded by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Fundacin Patagoni...Death and resurrection on Caribbean reefs
...0," says Aronson. "New coral diseases, hurricanes, overfishing of plant-eating fish, and several other kinds of disturbance combined to convert Jamaican reefs from vibrant communities to seaweed-covered coral graveyards, and this is the first time it's happened in at least a thousand years." The team collected t...Shark guide probes uncharted waters
...shesshark populations have been depleted partly by overfishing and partly by natural factors. Saving these economically valuable fishes is important but not simple, since they cover thousands of miles of ocean territory in search of food. Difficulties in identifying these creatures for stock assessment and for u...Report details growing climate change threat to coral reefs
... both climate change and by direct impacts such as overfishing and habitat loss, and the combination of these str...s that local and some regional stresses, including overfishing and development, can be managed more easily than global climate change. The establishment of coral r...New evidence points to pollution as main cause of much coral reef destruction
...help settle one major debate: whether pollution or overfishing is the main cause of the coral-smothering spread o...tion fuel rapid, explosive seaweed growth, or that overfishing and other problems remove key grazers such as fish or sea urchins that would normally feed on the se...Collapse of seals, sea lions & sea otters in North Pacific triggered by overfishing of great whales
...the National Academy of Sciences hypothesizes that overfishing of whales in the North Pacific Ocean triggered one...n of great whale (baleen and sperm) populations by overfishing removed a major source of food for killer whales. This may have forced some killer whales to "fish d...Historical coral reef declines featured in this week's Science
...decline exacerbated in the modern era by continued overfishing and global warming. Coral reef research evolved a...of the worlds reefs were substantially degraded by overfishing and pollution even before our great grandparents were born. Coral mortality due to disease and blea...Research: Coral reefs' decline actually began centuries ago
... outgrowth of research published in 2001 that tied overfishing to worldwide declines of coastal ecosystems. That paper argued that overfishing disturbs the ecological balance of marine environments, with the killing of green sea turtles, for e...Long-term decline of coral reef ecosystems reported
...ed pollution could have acted synergistically with overfishing in some localities." McArdle explained that public awareness of overfishing is not new citizens of Southern California were calling for marine reserves in the 1800s, and, in 1...Waiter, there's a shark in my soup
...her coastal shark species that have fallen prey to overfishing in recent decades....Seven-foot living 'dinosaur' lurks in Oregon
...this living fossil is extremely vulnerable to both overfishing and habitat alteration such as water diversion for irrigation and pollution. The study appears in the current issue of the Journal of Applied Ichthyology. Using radio-tracking techniques, the authors of the study found that once green sturgeon enter...North Atlantic swordfish stocks nearly recovered
...ct swordfish, which were being rapidly depleted by overfishing just three years ago. "The recovery of North Atlantic swordfish population clearly shows that good science can go hand-in-hand with good fisheries management," said Dr. Ellen Pikitch, director of WCS's Marine Programs. "This is an incredible victor...Marine biodiversity essential to preserving species
...unctioning of the ecosystem, the study showed, and overfishing of any one species can have ripple effects that destabilize the whole fishery. The study was conducted by marine zoologists at Oregon State University and published this week in a professional journal, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scie...U.S. takes first step toward protecting endangered beluga sturgeon
...market has placed a premium on sturgeon, prompting overfishing and illegal trade. Experts say the worldwide caviar market is estimated at $100 million, but the illegal traffic of caviar from the Caspian Sea is about 10 times the legal trade. Other major threats to the species include habitat loss and pollution......r, the two biggest causes of coral death are still overfishing and climate change, says Gregor Hodgson, director of the Reef Check Foundation in Los Angeles. "It is safe to say that a significant proportion of the world's reefs are not located in coastal areas affected by sedimentation," he says. But he accepts ...