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The Online Magazine for Sustainable Seas
April, 2009, Vol. 11 No. 2
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Framework for the Economic Analysis of Coastal Resource Management
Increased global demand for marine products and the unsustainable extraction of resources have accelerated coastal degradation, threatening the food security of fishing communities, who generally comprise the poorer sections of Philippine society, and make up a significant portion of the country’s population. With the current, potentially severe climate change threatening to worsen coastal conditions, the need for government to speed up and invest in coastal resource management (CRM) activities for both mitigation and adaptation purposes is more critical than ever. Full
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Philippines
Baselines
bill signed
Protected areas rules simplified
Climate change felt in richest
fishing ground
Fisheries expected to grow by
7%
Fisheries group criticizes govt's
"pro-rich" fisheries package
Dwindling tuna catch in Mindanao
linked to global warming
Small fishermen deliver best tuna
catch
RP dealers to cut reef fish exports
-- WWF
Fishers fear proposed tourism
law will displace them
Philippines fishery official calls
for mangrove reforestation
Fishermen, residents oppose demolition
of houses around Manila Bay
Crab trader leads protection effort
in one of country’s richest fishing grounds
RP, Papua New Guinea sign MoU
on fisheries
Philippines sardine canner seeks
to double production
Rare shark killed and eaten by
fishermen
106 Filipino fishermen detained
in Indonesia
Philippines marine reserve could
mitigate climate change effects
Proposed coal plant in Sarangani
opposed
Spain to fund coastal management
project
Fishers in Negros Occ protest
against new rules on local delicacy harvest
First agri-fishery training center
to rise in ARMM
RP, Bahrain create panel for joint
agro-fisheries projects
Coastal Cleanup 2008 collects
more than 1M trash items from Philippine coasts
First baby whale shark found in
Donsol --WWF
Stranded
melon-headed whales rescued in Manila Bay
World
Climate
change to have a big impact on marine fisheries
New study estimates illegal fishing
at USD10-24 bn per year
World's major fishing nations
failing on sustainability, says new study
Beating poverty could save fish,
researchers say
Planned treaty will close ports
to fish pirates
Little scope for increasing fisheries
output, says FAO
WWF estimates 40% of global fisheries
catch is wasted or unmanaged
Overfishing imperils ocean life,
says study
Sea fishing 'the most dangerous
job in the world', says FAO
Biomass of the world's fish estimated
UN chief urges leaders at Davos
to forge “green new deal” to fight world recession
UN body provokes outrage with
call for more fish farming
Shrimp fisheries under scrutiny
-- FAO
Tuna will be wiped out by 2012
if overfishing is not stopped, say environmental groups
UN sets gold standard for reducing
seabird bycatch
Group to formalize community-based
adaptation to climate change
UN agencies, corporations to fight
alien species in ships’ ballast tanks
Leading scientists at UN forum
call for action to halt rising acidity of world’s oceans
Manado Ocean Declaration will be
non-binding, says Indonesian Government
Hope for Coral Triangle fishermen
in Southeast Asia
Tuna industry launches new organization
to save tuna from itself
Overfishing threatens stocks of
sea cucumbers – UN report
Penguins marching into trouble,
partly due to overfishing
US scientists turn beer waste
into fish food
Tanzania govt to install hidden
cameras to nab illegal fishing vessels
Global warming spurs commercial
fishing moratorium in US Arctic
Egypt: New fish farm plan threatens
environment, livelihoods – NGO
World fisheries must prepare for
climate change -- FAO
Shark fin out of vogue among young
Asians
US blocks formation of WTO panel
on Mexican tuna
Mexico's fish export problems
reflect global crisis, says official
Argentina's artisanal fishers
want coastal fishery to be shut down
Brazil signs on to high seas fishing
agreement
Regional common fisheries policy
to be established in Carribean
Mozambique: Africa losing over
1 billion dollars to illegal fishing
Critics condemn ministry plan
to permit trawling off central Java
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