“The world’s oceans are helping to combat global warming. An international team of scientists, including University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Professor of Oceanography Christopher Sabine at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), has shown that the ocean is absorbing carbon dioxide (C02), generated during the combustion of fossil fuels, from the atmosphere at an increasing rate from the 1990s to the early 2000s.
As reported in the latest issue of Science, the researchers found that the ocean has taken up as much as 34 gigatonnes (billions of metric tonnes) of human produced carbon between 1994 and 2007. This figure corresponds to 31 percent of all human-produced C02 emitted during that time.”
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Fonte: University of Hawai, 21 de março de 2019
“Mexican authorities have announced plans to save the vaquita porpoise after an official report found just 10 of the elusive creatures remain.
“O Aquário Vasco da Gama vai libertar cerca de dois mil peixes de água doce nos concelhos de Grândola, Monchique e Mafra, uma forma de proteger espécies “criticamente em perigo”, anunciou esta terça-feira a Marinha.
“There are roughly five times as many recreational fishers as commercial fishers throughout the world. And yet, the needs and peculiarities of these 220 million recreational fishers have largely been ignored in international fisheries and conservation policy. This gives rise to conflicts and loss of social welfare, and is not conducive to the sustainable management of fish stocks. An international team of fisheries scientists, economists, sociologists and ecologists led by Robert Arlinghaus from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) has now presented a five-point plan to bring about reform.”
Mientras los gallegos de Acerga (Asociación de Armadores de Cerco de Galicia) tramitan la reunión del sector con las autoridades pesqueras de España y Portugal, a los lusos de Anop les ha tocado organizar el Encontro Ibérico do Sector da Pesca da Sardinha que, solicitado por los profesionales del golfo de Cádiz, reunirá en Peniche a pescadores del Cantábrico, Portugal y Andalucía, todos afectados por las fuertes restricciones que desde un tiempo a esta parte sufre la extracción de la especie a consecuencia de su delicada situación biológica.
“FIVB, world volleyball’s governing body, have launched a brand new initiative aimed at recovering discarded fishing nets from the world’s oceans.
On Oct. 8 last year, Chile’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Huilliche-Chono indigenous people of Pu Wapi in their bid to take on management of 80 square kilometers (31 square miles) of marine habitat in the Guaitecas Archipelago of southern Chile.
“Thanks to a trailblazing marine protection initiative in Turkey, the tide may finally be turning for the Mediterranean monk seal – one of the world’s most threatened marine mammals.
“Ao longo do ano, há acções colectivas de limpeza de praias, caminhos, bosques e florestas e muito mais por todo o país. Começamos por sugerir passear & limpar praias, um contributo para limitar o impacto do lixo. Vamos às limpezas:
“Almata Diagne and four of her six children have taken cover from the sun beneath a makeshift tent on the beach in Ndiebene Gandiol, western Senegal.
“Dealing with climate change requires careful attention to impacts on water quality. Climate action could be a threat to water quality due to increased eutrophication that certain decisions entail, a new study in Nature Communications suggests.
“For centuries, the Atlantic Ocean has been a key avenue of trade and travel. Stretching from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, the Atlantic Ocean is bordered by the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east.
“Indonesia is racing to certify its world-leading tuna fisheries as sustainable, drawn by the lucrative global market for eco-labeled seafood.
“Today, the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament decided to reintroduce in the future European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) – which amounts to approximately 6 billion Euros – subsidies which are harmful to the environment and which were phased out already 15 years ago.
“Inspectores de Pesca Marítima de la Dependencia de Agricultura y Pesca de la Subdelegación del Gobierno en Gipuzkoa, dependientes del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA), retuvieron este pasado martes por la noche en el Puerto de Pasaia un pesquero de bandera portuguesa que, presuntamente, almacenaba 2.882 kilos de caballa no declarada y oculta.
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“A temperatura no Ártico vai aumentar entre 3 e 5 graus centígrados até 2050, levando à devastação da região e ao aumento do nível dos oceanos em todo o planeta, estima um relatório apresentando no Quénia.
“Marine mammals are particularly sensitive to noise pollution because they rely on sound for so many essential functions, including communication, navigation, finding food, and avoiding predators. An expert panel has now published a comprehensive assessment of the available science on how noise exposure affects hearing in marine mammals, providing scientific recommendations for noise exposure criteria that could have far-reaching regulatory implications.”
“Despite accounting for a mere 0.12% the UK’s overall economic output, fishing is one of the most contentious issues in the Brexit jumble. Highly politicised, negotiations on the future fisheries regime could tarnish the overall outcome of British departure from the EU.
“A tecnologia Blockchain (que permite partilha de dados de frotas) pode ser a chave para um sector piscatório mais transp
“Unmanned systems such as drones, are increasingly used in a variety of fields — from bord
“Em nota enviada à imprensa pelo gabinete do secretário regional do Mar, Ciência e Tecnologia, que se encontra nos Emirados Árabes Unidos na Cimeira Mundial dos Oceanos, é referido que a rede de parceiros, chamada “Blue Prosperity Coalition”, foi apresentada durante o evento e associou-se ao executivo açoriano na “ambição de alargar as áreas marinhas protegidas” da região.
“ABU DHABI: Global governments, including Gulf states, need to do more to tackle overfishing, one of the greatest threats facing fish stocks in the world’s oceans, experts at the World Ocean Summit in Abu Dhabi warned last week.
“Late 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed that the third day of March would be the official UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. The third of March is special because it is the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). In the last few years, World Wildlife Day has now become the most important global annual event dedicated to wildlife.”
“The European Commission’s (EC) move to commit more than €7 billion under the new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) is drawing criticism from NGOs.
“Forget about plastic straws: The deadliest ocean garbage for seabirds is balloons.
“Britain’s most valuable fish stock has lost its sustainable status after overfishing has driven mackerel stocks to the brink of collapse.
“Prioridade máxima”: travar o fluxo de plástico que chega aos oceanos. É com esta urgência que a World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) — uma das organizações não-governamentais de conservação de natureza com maior representação em todo o mundo — se vai dirigir aos líderes mundiais durante a assembleia das Nações Unidas para o Ambiente, já em Março. Mas antes, precisam de provar que esta é uma preocupação “para a maioria da população mundial”.
Numa tentativa de se comprometerem com os oceanos e com o seu “bem-estar”, elementos das Nações Unidas estiveram reunidos para assinalar o dia mundial da vida selvagem, cujo tema, este ano, foi a «Vida abaixo da água: para pessoas e planeta».
“Women” and “fishing” are two words that would not have been used together in the same sentence a few years ago in Rwanda. It has been a long-held belief in Rwanda that fishing is not for women – it is a man’s occupation. Women have mostly embraced this thinking as well, but a few brave women from Nkombo, an island on Lake Kivu in the Rusizi District, are determined to prove that what a man can do, a woman can do too.
“It’s no secret that women, especially those in developing countries, perform a lot of the hard, thankless work that keeps societies functioning. This is true across the fisheries sector, and to mark International Women’s Day (March 8), The Pew Charitable Trusts spoke with Dyhia Belhabib, Ph.D., program manager for Community Fisheries at Ecotrust Canada, who has worked with women in artisanal fishing communities across West Africa.
“A ministra angolana das Pescas e do Mar, Maria Antonieta Baptista, reafirmou, em Marrocos, o compromisso de Angola na promoção da economia azul.
“This year on World Wildlife Day, we turn our attention to life below water — and what you can do for the creatures living there. Human Nature tapped six Conservation International experts for their best tips to help marine species, whether you’re commuting to work or whale-watching on vacation.
“Em meio à diversão do carnaval muita gente acaba se esquecendo de jogar o lixo no lixo.
“No bloco, na festa ou nos desfiles do Sambódromo, incorpore algumas atitudes para pular o carnaval respeitando o meio ambiente. Quem dá as dicas é Bianca Gabriel, sócia-fundadora da Unna Beauty, e-commerce de beleza só com produtos sustentáveis.
“Dois terços, pelo menos, da lampreia capturada no rio Minho não são declarados em lota pelos pescadores. Esta é uma realidade de há muito, reconhecida pela própria classe e pela autoridade marítima.
“The state of Florida (USA) has formally announced new land-based recreational shark fishing rules, approved via a unanimous vote by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
“A Polícia Marítima anunciou hoje a apreensão de 350 metros de arte de pesca em Viana do Castelo. Segundo nota revelado ao Diário do Minho, pelo comando-local da Polícia Marítima de Viana do Castelo, a ação decorreu no passado dia 28 de fevereiro.
Many countries are engaged in a vast illegal and unrecorded international trade in seahorses, one that circumvents global regulations, according to a new UBC study that has implications for many other animal species.
O horizonte é de três anos e o objetivo é triplicar a dimensão das áreas marinhas protegidas (AMP) que hoje existem na Zona Económica Exclusiva (ZEE) dos Açores. Dos 5% da sua ZEE que hoje gozam de algum regime de proteção, os Açores querem passar a ter três vezes mais em 2021, o que significa 15% do “seu” oceano salvaguardado pelo estatuto de área marinha protegida. Um total de 150 mil quilómetros quadrados.
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“Achieving the Paris Agreement global warming target could protect millions of tonnes in annual worldwide fisheries catch, as well as billions of dollars of annual revenues for fishers, workers’ income and household seafood expenditures, according to new research from the University of British Columbia.
