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| NATURE | A Mystery in Alaska | Are Fisheries Guilty? | PBS |
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-mystery-
in-alaska/introduction/888/ In the 1970s, the
pollock industry in Alaska expanded to become the
largest fishery in the world. Around the same
time, sea lions began to disappear. Despite other
possible factors, many people thought the
fisheries had been caught with the smoking gun.
After a July 2000 ruling by the Federal District
Court, the National Marine Fisheries Service
announced that it would close all fishing of
pollock, Pacific cod, and Atka mackerel in a large
part of the sea lions’ critical habitat. But
what were the costs of this decision? And is the
solution to disappearing Steller sea lions really
that simple?
NATURE’s “A Mystery in Alaska” airs on PBS
Sunday, August 24 at 8 p.m. (check local
listings), part of the 26th season of the Peabody
and Emmy award-winning series produced by
Thirteen/WNET New York for PBS. Major support
provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc., Toyota, SC Johnson,
and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For
more information, visit
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-mystery-
in-alaska/introduction/888/
Tags : alaska cod conservation fisheries lions mackerel marine national nature pbs pollock sea service steller wnet |
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Durée : 221 s |
| Bermudians Protest Fisheries Agency of Japan Boat |
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"Today Bermudians demonstrated in front of a
Fisheries of Japan patrol boat tied on the
Hamilton harbourfront. The demonstration was
against the Fisheries Agency of Japan, the
government-owned agency responsible for the
whaling campaign in the Antarctic where over a
thousand whales are being targeted for 'scientific
research'. The whale meat is sold commercially.
Surveys show that only 1% of Japanese regularly
eat whale meat- only 11% support whaling at all.
The Japanese cannot sell the whale meat they
already have. More than 4,800 tons of surplus
whale meat is stockpiled in freezers.
Only 1% of Japanese eat whale meat, which is
highly toxic, and only 11% support whaling."
"I saw a humpback off South Shore today, and
another two yesterday. These humpbacks could be
targeted for 'research' by the Fisheries Agency of
Japan.
Despite a moratorium on commercial whaling enacted
by the International Whaling Commission in 1986,
the Japanese have been hunting whales in
increasing numbers. Japan has exploited a loophole
that allows member states to kill whales for
scientific research."
"Japan has been 'researching' whales with great
effectiveness, killing more than 25,000 whales in
the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific. This
year the Japanese added 50 humpbacks and 50 fin
whales to the 935 minke whales included in the
self-imposed total number of whales to be targeted
for their 'research'."
"The "Mihama" is a patrol boat belonging to the
Fisheries Agency of Japan. These patrol boats are
supposed to monitor Japanese long line tuna
fishing fleets to ensure they are not over
fishing. When the same Fisheries Agency of Japan
tells us that they are killing a thousand whales
annually for scientific research, they lose any
semblance of credibility. How can we believe that
a patrol vessel such as this actually monitors the
Japanese fishing fleets? It's like setting out the
fox to guard the chickens."
"We have already lost 90% of the pelagic predator
fish stocks including marlin, tuna, swordfish, and
the great sharks that existed before 1950. 100
million sharks are killed each year just for their
fins. Their bodies are thrown overboard, often
alive. Half the world's reefs are dead or dying.
If the current trends of over fishing continue,
every fishery will collapse by 2048."
"We need to raise our awareness of what is
happening out in our oceans. The high seas are not
governed by any single nation, which means the
rules pertaining to marine life are often
complicated and difficult if not impossible to
police. Out of sight, out of mind. We can no
longer remain in denial. The world's marine life
is on the brink of collapse. Japanese whaling in
the Antarctic Whale sanctuary is just the tip of
the iceberg.
Continued plundering of our ocean environment
based on greed, cultural traditions or national
pride needs to become a thing of the past. Today's
oceans are in great peril. If the oceans die, we
die."
"This afternoon my 4-year old daughter Elsa
offered the captain and crew of the Fisheries
Agency of Japan patrol vessel 'Mihama' her
humpback whale in token of our appreciation that
the 50 humpback whales were taken off their list
of targeted whales. Perhaps when a
Fisheries Agency of Japan patrol vessel comes back
we will be able to offer the crew a minke and fin
whale."
"The captain and crew of the 'Mihama' did not
accept the whale."
(Video from the ZBM evening news.)
Tags : Whaling ZBM News Overfishing Japanese Japan Humpback Minke Bermuda Bermudian cetacean boat protest whales ocean island |
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Durée : 255 s |
| On Beyond: Genomics Water Supply Heart Disease Fisheries |
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Explore the frightening decline in California's
coastal fisheries, the challenges of ethical use
of genomics, methods to predict and manage the
effects of global climate changes on California's
water supply, and research in predicting and
preventing heart disease, all on this edition of
On Beyond. Series: "On Beyond" [4/2002] [Health
and Medicine] [Show ID: 6151]
Tags : fisheries climate change cardiology |
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