By TREVOR PADDENBURG in Hong Kong – The Sunday Times – June 05, 2010 WHALE sharks – one of WA’s most iconic creatures – are being slaughtered and sold in a backstreet Hong Kong shark-fin market. The fins of the gentle giants, the same species that delights snorkellers off Ningaloo Reef every autumn, are sold for […]
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Giant whale sharks butchered for Asian fish fin market
Posted: 5th June 2010 by admin in NewsTags: Finish Finning campaign, hong kong, Hong Kong's Sharkfin and Marine Products Association, Hong Kong's Sheung Wan market, Ningaloo Reef, shark fin, WHALE sharks
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Greenpeace activist harpooned by tuna fishermen
Posted: 5th June 2010 by admin in NewsTags: fishing, French tuna vessels, Greenpeace activist, Jean-Marie Christian VI, tuna
PARIS (AFP) – 4 Jun 2010 Greenpeace activist trying to free tuna from a commercial fishing net in the Mediterranean on Friday was harpooned through the leg by fishermen on a French boat, the environmental group said. “In a non-violent action, Greenpeace activists in zodiac boats attempted to lower the side of a purse […]
Singapore table tennis women’s team to become world champion
Posted: 2nd June 2010 by admin in NewsTags: table tennis, World Team Table Tennis Championships
30 May 2010 – CNA MOSCOW: Singapore’s trio Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Sun Bei Bei rocked the sports world in Moscow when they beat reigning champions and world No 1 China 3-1 in the World Team Table Tennis Championships. It was sweet revenge for the Singapore women’s team, ranked No 2 in the world, […]
No more eating shark fin in Hawaii after new law
Posted: 1st June 2010 by admin in NewsTags: hawaii, Hong Kong China Hawaii Chamber of Commerce, Kirin Restaurant, shark fin, Vienna Hou's Chinese restaurant
AP – 31 May 2010 THE $US48-a-plate shark fin has been a favourite dish to celebrate 80th birthdays and fete out of town VIPs since Vienna Hou’s Chinese restaurant opened 25 years ago. But Kirin Restaurant customers won’t be dining in that style starting July 1, 2011, when Hawaii becomes the first state in […]
Shark-filled aquarium in Dubai mall springs leak
Posted: 19th March 2010 by admin in Largest Aquarium, NewsTags: aquarium, dubai aquairum, dubai mall, largest aquarium, News
By ADAM SCHRECK, Associated Press Writer Adam Schreck, Associated Press Writer – Thu Feb 25, 11:55 am ET DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Water gushed from a leak in a shark-filled aquarium in a ritzy Dubai mall on Thursday, sending startled shoppers scattering and shutting down nearby shops in one of the city’s proudest attractions. Amateur video footage posted […]
Fish Found with Transparent Head
Posted: 16th March 2010 by admin in NewsTags: Fish, Monterey Bay Aquarium, News, The Cutting Edge, transparent head
The Cutting Edge, 16 March 2010. Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head. Ever since the “barreleye” fish Macropinna microstoma was first described in 1939, marine biologists have known that its tubular eyes are very good at collecting light. […]