International Environmental Law and PolicyNews

Living Marine Resources - 2001 Developments

11/28/01	Global Fish Catch Decreasing by Nearly 800 Million Pounds per Year, Scientists Report
10/22/01	Australia Tourism Operators Prepare for Coral Bleaching
10/11/01	Sustainable Fishing Act Failing to Protect Fish
09/25/01	Fish Farming Harming Alaska's Fishing Industry
09/14/01	Salmon Protections Threatened by Court Ruling
09/13/01	Pollutants Overloading Great Barrier Reef
09/13/01	Fish Near Kuwait Wiped Out
09/10/01	Alaskans Startled by Glowing Salmon
04/19/01	Japan, Australia, New Zealand agree to increase tuna catch
04/17/01	Australia seizes Togo-flagged ship for poaching
04/03/01	Mexico pledges to tighten tuna fishing regulations
03/29/01	WWF, France, Italy and Monaco creates a whale sanctuary
03/22/01	European Union plans radical overhaul of fishing policy
03/02/01	Governments agree to participate in voluntary plan to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing
02/21/01	New study shows that fish farming increasingly puts oceans and aquaculture sector at risk
02/14/01	Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization issues report, warning the world's capture fisheries production has reached its maximum
02/08/01	International Whaling Commission considers the recommencement of commercial whaling despite a 15 year moratorium
01/18/01	Norway resumes exportation of whale meat despite global whaling moratorium and whale meat trade ban
01/03/01	South African government responds with emergency measures to rebuild plummeting species of fish