Japanese town marks start of whaling season by carving up animal in front of a crowd of school children
Minami Funakoshi / Minamiboso
To mark the start of Japan’s whaling season, workers in the coastal town of Minamiboso, 62 miles south of Tokyo, carved up one of the animals before a crowd of school children and residents and handed out free samples of its fried meat …
The Independent – Thursday 26 June 2014
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Feds mull petition to delist humpbacks
By RACHEL D’ORO, The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A petition filed by the state of Alaska to remove some North Pacific humpback whales from protection under the Endangered Species Act merits a closer look, federal officials said Wednesday …
Maui News – June 26, 2014
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Discarded fish cost about $2 billion in US, $20 million in Northwest, Oceana says
By Lynne Terry
An ocean conservation group estimates that that every year the fishing industry tosses about $2 billion worth of fish, including Dungeness crabs, Pacific halibut and sole in the Pacific Northwest.
That estimate stems from a new report by Oceana, which estimates the value of fish snagged in nets or lines, which are tossed back into the water. They usually die …
The Oregonian – June 26, 2014 at 10:56 AM
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