Fishing
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Environment
Environment Indonesia
Restoration Success: Coral Reefs Come Back to Life
Following seven years of restoration efforts, large coral reefs were reestablished off the coast of Hatamin Island in Indonesia, thanks to the use of a technique meant to stabilize the coral fragments while they grow and come back to life.
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- Animals
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Animals
Animals Finland
Efforts to Save Seals Are Making a Splash!
Concerned about the decline in the population of the Saimaa ringed seals, Finnish authorities have successfully deployed conservation efforts to boost the number of semi-aquatic marine mammals, including imposing stricter restrictions on net fishing.
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Environment
Environment Sweden
Big Measures Against Destructive Fishing Proves Worthwhile!
Drastic measures taken in 2009 to halt bottom trawling in unique Swedish marine environments are paying off: this past summer, authorities have imposed a total ban on the destructive fishing technique against marine ecosystems and biodiversity.
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Environment
Environment Republic of the Congo
Here’s to This Country’s First Three Marine Protected Areas!
Driven to protect endangered species and local fishers’ activity, the Republic of the Congo has created its first three new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - with the intention of adding eight more in the near future.
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Animals
Animals USA
Fish Species Recovers, Thanks to Decades of Efforts
The recovery of an important fish species off the coast of the U.S. Virgin Islands is proof of the success of marine conservation efforts deployed over three decades which included management decisions, long-term monitoring, and fishing restrictions.
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Environment
Environment United Kingdom
These Measures Take Us a Big Leap Forward to Protecting Our Oceans
The United Kingdom’s Blue Planet Fund is injecting some $600 million into projects such as halting illegal fishing and plastic pollution and increasing marine protection as part of a wider goal of protecting at least 30% of all oceans by 2030.