
WWF salvages discarded ghost nets in Baltic Sea
by Mares - 1st August 2016
Divers can help by reporting location of ghost nets
It was a successful start to the campaign: A big trawl net and gillnet weighing about 1.5 ...
It was a successful start to the campaign: A big trawl net and gillnet weighing about 1.5 ...

WWF calls for stricter import controls to combat illegal fishing
by Mares - 16th December 2015
The amount of fishing that actually takes
place is actually being under-reported; so much so that about a fifth of the
fish stocks worldwide comes f...

WWF Calls For Reforms For The German Fishing Industry
by Mares - 27th August 2015
Increasing fish imports leads to a need for more responsible fishing
The annual meeting of the German fishing industry is taking place in
Rostock,...

115 previously unknown species discovered in the Mekong
by Herbert - 8th January 2018
Something new in the East!
A crocodile lizard, a snail-eating turtle, and a bat that looks like a character from a Star Wars movie – these are ju...

Dolphins to save endangered vaquitas
by Herbert - 17th October 2017
Vaquitas to be tracked by dolphins and kept in holding pens
The Mexican government is using dolphins trained by the US Navy to try and save the vaq...

Bluefin tuna return to North Sea
by Herbert - 2nd October 2017
Researchers tag fish with satellite trackers
After an absence of more than 50 years, the endangered bluefin tuna has returned to the North Sea. A j...

Successes in fight against dolphin threats in South Africa
by Herbert - 27th September 2017
First shark nets dismantled
After the fourth incident earlier in 2017 involving an endangered humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) in a shark net off R...

Mangroves: “Forests on stilts” in dire straits
by Herbert - 26th July 2017
Half of the world's mangroves already destroyed, says WWF on World Mangrove Day
Today, on World Mangrove Day (26 July 2017), the WWF issues...
Today, on World Mangrove Day (26 July 2017), the WWF issues...

Tasmania – Seadragon World
by Gerald - 28th June 2017
Kelp forests
Not many divers from Europe know this part of the world. The flight from Europe passes over a number of tropical dream destinations – ...

Last chance for calves of the seas
by Herbert - 17th February 2017
World's smallest porpoise faces extinction threat
Based on the current numbers, the population of vaquitas (the world's smallest porpoises) fe...
Based on the current numbers, the population of vaquitas (the world's smallest porpoises) fe...

Catching fish too expensive to eat
by Mares - 9th February 2017
WWF report: Improving fishing management imperative for global food security
By 2050, millions of people in the global South (in developing...
By 2050, millions of people in the global South (in developing...

From walking the runway to diving for ghost nets
by Mares - 10th November 2016
Model Barbara Meier is the new project ambassador for the WWF campaign against ghost nets
Model and actress Barbara Meier is the new proje...
Model and actress Barbara Meier is the new proje...

Irrawaddy dolphins “functionally extinct” in Laos
by Mares - 1st November 2016
No hope left for the remaining dolphins
The Irrawaddy dolphin has lost the battle for survival in Laos. The WWF declared the species function...
The Irrawaddy dolphin has lost the battle for survival in Laos. The WWF declared the species function...

Seismic gun testing threatens world’s second largest barrier reef
by Mares - 25th October 2016
Belize begins seismic surveys at the World Natural Heritage Site of the Belize Barrier Reef
In late October 2016, Belize announced plans to...
In late October 2016, Belize announced plans to...

Good News from the CITES
by Franco and Sabrina - 5th October 2016
CITES voted yesterday (4th October) on proposals to list silky sharks, all
three species of thresher sharks and all nine species of mobula rays on
A...

Earth Overshoot Day : After 8 August 2016, humanity is in debt
by Mares - 9th August 2016
Demands on natural resources have exceeded available resources since yesterday
This year, Earth Overshoot Day fell on 8 August 2016. On tha...
This year, Earth Overshoot Day fell on 8 August 2016. On tha...

Vaquitas receive legal protection from Mexican government
by Herbert - 29th July 2016
Gillnets banned in part of Gulf of California
There’s good news for the world’s smallest living – and most endangered
– cetacean: The Mexi...

Overfishing causes collapse of cod fisheries in Baltic Sea
by Mares - 15th July 2016
Scientists suggest revision of maximum catch quotas
Cod is the great predator of the Baltic Sea and the main fish stock for
German coastal fisherm...

Offspring for rare Mekong dolphins in Cambodia
by Herbert - 7th July 2016
New hope for Mekong River's dolphins
Newly born calf spotted with mother: Break out the cigars and champagne: A young dolphin calf and her mot...
Newly born calf spotted with mother: Break out the cigars and champagne: A young dolphin calf and her mot...

Malaysia establishes its largest marine reserve
by Mares - 2nd June 2016
Park is home to 80,000 people and has more than 250 species of hard corals
The Sabah State Government has established a marine conservation
reserv...

Sewage disposal into Baltic Sea banned from 2019 onwards
by Mares - 4th May 2016
The Baltic
Sea can breathe easy in the future. From 2019 onwards, cruise ships and
passenger ferries are no longer permitted to discharge untreated ...

Environment groups call for more effective marine protection
by Mares - 18th March 2016
German environmental organisations have called for a more effective
level of marine protection in the North and Baltic Sea by Federal Minister of
Fo...

Sharks and rays under threat from overfishing and poor fisheries management
by Mares - 3rd March 2016
A
high demand for shark fins from Asian countries has been considered to be a
major cause of the overfishing of sharks. However, recent findings hav...

Return of the blue whale?
by Mares - 16th November 2015
For several years, blue
whales are more frequently being sighted in European waters, be it off the
coast of England, in the Azores or the Canaries I...

Quotas on harvesting of cod stocks insufficient
by Mares - 29th October 2015
Following a meeting last Thursday, the EU fisheries ministers have agreed on the maximum catch limits for cod for the Baltic Sea in 2016, setting it a...

Coral reefs in dire threat
by Mares - 12th October 2015
The third global spate of coral bleaching currently taking place may affect almost 38 percent of all the coral reefs worldwide. Publishing their findi...

Thirty percent of UNESCO natural World Heritage Sites at risk
by Mares - 6th October 2015
Almost one-third of all 229 UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites worldwide are being threatened by mining activity and the extraction of fossil fuels, ...