Sunday, July 10, 2011

Prospects worsen for at-risk tuna

 
Two more species of tuna have been added to the Red List of Threatened Species.
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/science-environment-14066250 >

Attacks on marine parks blunted by commitment to science

The NSW marine park audit chief (Prof Robert Beeton AM) has vowed to put science before politics in a move which is expected to blunt the anti-conservation fervor being promulgated by some in the industry. Aided and abetted by outdated science from the fishery sector NSW (like SA) has been plagued by a campaign of mis-information around Marine Parks which aims to force government to pull back from a comprehensive commitment to marine conservation in favor of fishing.

Read more on this here.