LONDON: More than two-thirds of UK adults believe those producing or selling plastic products and packaging should bear the bulk of responsibility for tackling plastic pollution in the UK, according to a new survey. With the final round of UN talks in pursuit of a Global Plastics Treaty due to begin in Geneva next month […]
LONDON: An international coalition of environmental groups is calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the LY Corporation, to stop selling products containing whale and dolphin meat after a new investigation found high levels of toxins in some of the nearly 1,000 cetacean food items available for purchase on the massive search engine and […]
LONDON: Tens of thousands of dolphins, porpoises and whales (collectively known as cetaceans) are dying every year in European waters as a result of being bycaught in fishing gear – and some populations are coming perilously close to extinction. A new report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals that the degree of bycatch […]
LIMA: The International Whaling Commission today adopted a Resolution on commercial whaling for the first time in more than 20 years, with a strong majority of countries in support. Thirty-seven IWC contracting governments voted in favour and just 12 countries – including only one whaling country, Norway – voted against. Iceland abstained and Japan, as […]
A new investigation has revealed that the illegal trade in the swim bladders of endangered totoaba fish which is driving the vaquita porpoise to extinction is thriving on social media
The European Commission’s EU Action Plan released this week falls short of protecting and restoring marine species and jeopardises continued access for EU fish products to the lucrative US seafood market, according to a coalition of animal welfare and conservation groups