| 12/14/00 |
15 EU fisheries ministers meet in Brussels to debate political position on maintaining the livelihood of commercial fishermen while preventing the extinction of certain stocks of fish |
| 11/22/00 |
ICCAT bans import of bigeye tuna from five flag of convenience nations |
| 11/22/00 |
Galapagos lobster fishermen angry over new catch limits vandalize the Charles Darwin Research Station |
| 11/17/00 |
Norwegian Environment Department halts plan to kill 80 seals and 90 seabirds in Antarctica to study their livers for the presence of pollutants |
| 11/15/00 |
Removal of hunting limits on narwhal leads to unprecedented catch |
| 11/15/00 |
Clinton puts trade embargo against Japan whale hunting on hold |
| 10/03/00 |
Wildlife trade monitoring program warns that Asian freshwater turtles and reptiles are increasingly becoming endangered due to habitat loss and trade |
| 09/20/00 |
President Cardoso of Brazil announces the creation of the country's first whale sanctuary as part of an Environmental Protection Area |
| 09/19/00 |
Japanese whaling ships return with 88 whales killed in the Pacific as part of a "scientific research" program |
| 09/13/00 |
President Clinton imposes prohibition of Japanese fishing in U.S. waters to protest against Japan's violations of international whaling rules |
| 09/06/00 |
U.S. and other nations agree to create a commission to regulate tuna fishing in the Pacific despite Japanese threats to boycott conservation efforts under the agreement |
| 08/31/00 |
U.S. boycotts fisheries consultation meeting with Japan in protest of Japan's continued hunting of U.S.-protected whales |
| 08/22/00 |
International Fund for Animal Welfare releases global report on the economic boom of whale watching, $1 billion and growing |
| 07/31/00 |
Japan announces increased "scientific hunting" to collect data on habitat, diet, and migration patterns of whales, despite international protest |
| 07/06/00 |
Recent IWC meeting finds nations split over how to best curtail global whaling while Norway and Japan introduce purportedly legal measures to increase hunting |
| 07/04/00 |
IWC's scientific committee issues new report finding significant reduction in minke whale populations in the Southern hemisphere caused by marine pollution and climate change |
| 06/20/00 |
Recent agreement legally binds Caribbean countries to individually and cooperatively protect, develop and manage common coastal and marine resources |
| 06/16/00 |
Conservationists allege that damaging federally designated fish habitat in American marine sanctuaries is illegal, commercial fishing and National Marine Fisheries Service officials claim otherwise |
| 06/07/00 |
Japan introduces plan to hunt for larger whales in an effort to reduce competition for fish, environmental groups protest in response |
| 05/26/00 |
Newly passed international law governing nine Caribbean countries provides for increased coordination and conservation of marine biodiversity in the region |
| 05/26/00 |
Presidential plan proposes the establishment of a nationwide marine conservation system by executive order |
| 04/26/00 |
Scientists assert that bleaching events in Fiji indicate that warmer sea surface temperatures are accelerating global coral reef destruction |
| 03/27/00 |
Strong ocean tides causing natural increases in temperature coupled with greenhouse effect accelerate global warming |
| 03/16/00 |
International Fund for Animal Welfare and Greenpeace survey concludes that contrary to popular opinion, most Japanese do not support commercial whaling |
| 03/10/00 |
Proposed legislation addresses money lost due to fisheries mismanagement, empowers the National Marine Fisheries Service over other federal agencies in protecting fish habitat |
| 03/06/00 |
Marine Stewardship Council awards first products under certification program, promoting sustainable use of natural resources |
| 03/03/00 |
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force introduces National Action Plan to allocate 20 percent of coral reefs in U.S. waters as ecological reserves and asks for increase in coral reef conservation spending by $14 million a year |
| 03/03/00 |
Mexican government cancels plans to build the world's largest saltworks in Mexico's largest wildlife sanctuary; conservation groups celebrate |
| 01/26/00 |
Japan and New Zealand argue over Japan's whaling program in the Antarctic |
