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
The 74th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) decided by nine votes to six on Thursday to permit Earth Ocean Farms (EOF), an aquaculture facility in Mexico, to engage in trade of captive-bred totoaba fish
Fate of the world’s most endangered cetacean to be decided in Geneva LONDON: As governments from around the world prepare to meet in Geneva for the 18th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), a new report urges the imposition of trade suspensions against Mexico for its […]
Scientists announced today (14 March) that only 10 vaquita porpoises likely remain in the world and that the animal’s extinction is virtually assured without bold and immediate action
EU will use powerful chemical laws to stop most microplastics and microbeads being added to various products. The European Chemicals Agency says 10,000-60,000 tonnes of microplastics which are intentionally added to products leak into the environment annually, are impossible to remove and last for thousands of years