Overexploitation

Climate Change and Fisheries

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Thursday, June 27, 2019
Fishing, Fisheries, Natural environment, Nature, Wild fisheries, Aquaculture, Overexploitation, Oceans and Fisheries, Sustainable fishery, Outline of fisheries

Thursday, June 27, 2019Fishing is dependent on marine food webs that are sensitive to overexploitation and climate change. This POSTnote focuses on marine fisheries, including wild capture and farming (aquaculture) of fin- and shellfish, and their processing. It summarises impacts on oceans and fisheries of changes including ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation and storms, and explores how fisheries may adapt.

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  • POST - Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

    Fishing is dependent on marine food webs that are sensitive to overexploitation and climate change.

  • This POSTnote focuses on marine fisheries, including wild capture and farming (aquaculture) of fin- and shellfish, and their processing.
  • It summarises impacts on oceans and fisheries of changes including ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation and storms, and explores how fisheries may adapt.
  • Climate change directly affectsthe distribution, abundance and health of wild fish, and the viability of aquaculture processes and stocks.Climate changealsocompounds other pressures arising from human activities, such as overfishing, further affecting fisheries environmental and economic sustainability.

Ontario man fined for smuggling medicinal leeches into Canada in carry-on luggage

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Monday, May 27, 2019
Countries, Foreign relations, Law, Wildlife smuggling, Environmental conservation, Endangered species, Wildlife, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife trade, Leech, Overexploitation, CITES

This legislation implements the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Canada.

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  • This legislation implements the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Canada.
  • Mr. Bodounov was fined $15,000, which will be directed towards the Government of Canada's Environmental Damages Fund.
  • These species are regulated because over-harvesting of medicinal leeches from the wild is a major threat to the species.
  • Medicinal leeches represent one of the first animal species subject to conservation measures, including exportation restrictions, dating back to 1823.