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Thursday 28 June 2012

Net ban to be extended to protect Maui's dolphin
New Zealand Herald | 28 Jun 2012
The set net ban along parts of the Taranaki coast is to be extended, the Government has announced, in a measure to further protect the critically endangered Maui's dolphin.
 Pacific Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Mammals
More little blue penguin deaths
New Zealand Herald | 28 Jun 2012
Another nine little blue penguins have been found dead on a West Coast beach, bringing the total number of deaths there in less than a week to 15. Last Friday six were found at Cape Foulwind.
 Pacific Ocean | Seabirds
US research vessel winds down visit to Vietnam as part of joint oceanographic research program
EurekAlert | 28 Jun 2012
U.S. scientists and Vietnamese researchers will discuss coastal ocean circulation and land-ocean environmental trends this week as the R/V Roger Revelle, an auxiliary general purpose oceanographic research vessel, continues its nine-day port call in the city of Da Nang. Owned by the Office of Naval Research and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the vessel arrived in Vietnam June 22.
 Pacific Ocean | Ocean Currents | Research
Pressure testing of new Alvin Personnel Sphere successful
EurekAlert | 28 Jun 2012
The human-occupied submersible Alvin reached a major milestone in its upgrade project on June 22 when its new titanium personnel sphere successfully completed pressure testing, reports the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the vehicle's operator.
 Research
Good News Out of Rio+20: Six Heads of State Commit to Invest in Nature
nature.org | 28 Jun 2012
Today, heads of state and government of six countries and a foundation made bold commitments to preserve natural resources that provide livelihoods, food, protection from natural disasters and other benefits to people.
 Governance | Marine Management | Small Island Developing States
THE NORWEGIAN WAY
fishupdate.com | 28 Jun 2012
Lessons learned on fisheries fact finding trip to Bergen.
 Arctic Ocean | Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management
NPWG welcomes sanctions on unsustainable fishing
fishupdate.com | 28 Jun 2012
The EU pelagic fishing industry warmly welcomes the agreement reached this week between the European Parliament and the Danish Presidency acting on behalf of the Council of Fisheries Ministers on a trade sanction measure against countries that refuse to co-operate in their management of fish stocks that are shared with other countries.
 Fisheries | Marine Management
Norwegian research looks into sterilising fish before they reach sexual maturity
fishupdate.com | 28 Jun 2012
Øivind Andersen at Nofima Mat, the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, is researching how to tackle the problems associated with fish reaching sexual maturity before they reach their slaughter weight.
 Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming
Paul Watson urges Costa Rica to drop charges
Guardian Unlimited | 28 Jun 2012
Captain Paul Watson, the flamboyant head of marine enforcement group Sea Shepherd and star of Discovery channel series Whale Wars, has appealed to the Costa Rican government to drop charges made against him nearly 10 years ago following a confrontation with a fishing vessel.
 Activism | Fisheries
Canada takes steps to protect fisheries
World Fishing | 28 Jun 2012
It has been announced that Fisheries and Oceans Canada is taking the next steps in its new approach to protect recreational, commercial and Aboriginal fisheries and the fish habitat on which they depend.
 Fisheries | Governance
NZ sets restrictions to protect dolphins
World Fishing | 28 Jun 2012
New Zealand Primary Industries Minister David Carter has announced measures to protect Maui's dolphins.
 Pacific Ocean | Conservation | Fisheries | Marine Mammals

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