NGO and local firm promote transparent fishing operations
A non-government organization and a fishing company in Fiji in the South Pacific join efforts to carry out a new pilot project on satellite technology intended to encourage legal and transparent fishing operations …
FIS – Monday, November 25, 2013, 02:00
www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worl…
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Aberdeen University under fire over whale slaughter
by ILLONA AMOS
A SCOTTISH university has been criticised by conservationists for studying data from whales killed as part of Iceland’s whaling programme.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare has accused scientists at Aberdeen University of promoting the slaughter of whales by co-operating on projects with the Marine Res¬earch Institute in Iceland.
Iceland, along with Japan, is one of few countries that allow whales to be killed for scientific purposes …
Scotsman – 24th November 2013
www.scotsman.com/news/educatio…
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Brussels loophole lets whale meat through UK ports
Jonathan Leake, Environment Editor
BRITISH ports are being used — legally — to export whale meat to Japan, despite the EU-wide ban on whaling products, an inquiry by Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) has shown …
The Sunday Times – 24 November 2013
www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/n…
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