by drmu | Mar 23, 2010 | Marine protection
Hot on the heals of sounding the death nell for bluefin tuna, CITES has failed to protect red and pink coral from unsustainable harvesting. After the fiasco of Copenhagen to fail to deal with climate change it is becoming clear that the world is being governed for the...
by drmu | Mar 20, 2010 | Marine protection
The latest meeting of the UN’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has rejected Monaco’s proposal to ban the trade in bluefin tuna. Scientists say that over-fishing is pushing stocks of this iconic fish to the brink of collapse....
by drmu | Mar 17, 2010 | Human rights, Marine protection
While the British talk of the Chagos Archipelago becoming a massive Marine Protected Area, it appears that the US is preparing its military base on main island to launch a devastating attack on Iran. Read more In the event of such an attack, how are the Muslims of...
by drmu | Mar 13, 2010 | Marine protection
In April 2009, the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agro Industry, Food Production and Security issued an exceptional letter of authorisation to Marine Culture of Mascarene Ltd (MCML). It states that the company is authorised to: “…collect up to 4000 units...
