ECBC News Archive February 2003

ECBC News
February 2003

Murder, terror and environmental destruction fuel international prawn trade - posted 28th February 2003

Prawn Boats 'facing same crisis as white fish fleet' - 26th February 2003

COFI to call for Guidelines for Eco-labelling of Fish - 26th February 2003

Troubled waters exposed - 25th February 2003

Orcas get taste of federal money - 21st February 2003

Aquaculture growth now outpaces other food production industries, (UN) - 20th February 2003

Fish supplier bans bass - 20th February 2003

Oceans at risk - the real cost of a prawn sandwich - 19th February 2003

UK food watchdog warns of mercury risk in tuna - 19th February 2003

Greenpeace wants EU to sue Spain over tanker wreck - 19th Feb 2003

Scientists ask U.N. to ban certain types of fishing in Pacific - 18th February 2003

Rare whales death mystery - 18th February 2003

Fish farming is 'devastating stocks' - 18th February2003

Ocean crisis caused by destructive fishing - 18th February 2003

Stop the slaughter of Harp seals in Canada - 18th February 2003

Tug of War Looms over Sulphur in EU Ship Fuel - 18th February 2003

Leatherbacks extinct in 30 years - 17th February 2003

Food Standards Agency updates advice on mercury in fish - 17th February 2003

Great Barrier Reef fishing industry infiltrated by criminal syndicates - 17th February 2003

Australia launches study of sharks, rays, and sawfish - 17th February 2003

New Zealand Fisheries gears up to face violent poachers - 17th February 2003

British corals in decline despite marine park protection - 15th February 2003

Human race is killing planet, says Meacher - 14th February 2003

Canada's Three Year Seal Hunt Quota Near a Million - 14th February 2003

Ministry action annoys oyster farmers - 14th February 2003

Federal Appeals Court bars Makah tribe from whaling - 14th February 2003

Minister agrees large industrial companies must be brought to heel - 13th February 2003

New group aims to scrap CFP - 13th February 2003

Impacts of ocean noise called ill defined - 13th February 2003

Finns urge Russia to halt use of unsafe tankers - 13th February 2003

Prawn net cuts cod catch - 12th February 2003

Dolphin slaughter scandal must be stopped posted - 12th February 2003

Australia Acts to Stop Iceland from Whaling - 12th February 2003

Galicia calls for ban to reduce fishing effort - 12th February 2003

Fishing companies take subsidy battle to WTO - 12th February 2003

Baleen whale in Saint-Adresse - 11th February 2003

French bass fishing blamed for increase in dolphin deaths - 11th February 2003

Loss of top predators a disturbing trend - 11th February 2003

“No fishing” zone to protect coral - 10th February 2003

World 'needs green Geneva Convention' - 10th February 2003

Fishing subsidies raise temperatures at World Trade Organisation - 10th February 2003

Environment Ministers Call for Action on Mercury - 10th February 2003

Dominican state rejects dolphin capture - 10th February 2003

Please help to stop the killing of dolphins for human consumption in Peru -9th February 2003

Trawlers ripping up British coral - 9th February 2003

Fishermen slaughter dolphins in front of shocked witnesses - 8th February 2003

The killing of dolphins for human consumption - 8th February 2003

Eel fisherman fined for endangering otters - 7th February 2003

British Columbia tells fish farms to suspend operations - 7th February 2003

France Portugal and Spain urge EU to speed up single-hull oil tanker ban - 7th February 2003

Two Lobster Trappers Convicted - 7th February 2003

Oil tanker runs aground off Denmark - 7th February 2003

A fish out of water - 6th February 2003

New canning rules allow Ecuador to catch tuna in Peruvian waters - 6th February 2003

U.S. fishing vessels harvested Russian crabs - 6th February 2003

Cracks found in oil tanker - 6th February 2003

Galapagos stays off-limits for tuna fleets - 6th February 2003

Finland's Prime Minister discusses tanker safety with Russian counterpart - 6th February 2003

Workers prepare to clear oil pollution from Bakio Beach - Northern Spain - 5th February 2003

UNEP looks at making green "Cool" - 5th February 2003

Danes ready to flout new fisheries rules - 5th February 2003

Alaska salmon price-fixing trial opens - 4th February 2003

Finland's President sees tanker Stemnitsa as Major Safety Risk - 4th February 2003

Global warming may worsen mercury pollution - UN - 4th February 2003

Genetically modified fish - increase in quantity presents risk to environment 4th February 2003

Could this be the end of the carnage? - 3rd February 2003

Spain threatens legal challenge over fish stocks - 3rd February 2003

Baird’s beaked whale stranded at La Push - draft report 2nd February 2003

High hopes for Scottish 'fish ranch' - 2nd February 2003

Nicaraguan government bans dolphin exploitation - 2nd February 2003

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