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Japan Mad about Banning Bluefish Tuna Fishing

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Considering Japan's history in East Asia, it is seriously ironic to me that they throw the word "imperialism" around. Tags: bluefish tuna CITES Japan. Apparently, it's all "cultural imperialism. Give me a break. The article's writer is a bit more objective about this than I am.) By the way, the proposed ban was defeated.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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because, if the film rights to this book have not been snapped up yet, Hollywood is making a huge mistake) (c) Will I ever see a Blakiston’s Fish Owl? The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic. So, Blakiston’s Fish Owl it was. Slaght in the film version?

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Asian Countries Score Another Victory Over Marine Animals

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China, by far the world’s largest consumer of the cartilaginous fish, for sharkfin soup, and Japan, which has battled to keep the convention from being extended to any marine species, led the opposition. Tags: CITES united nations marine animals Japan china endangered species. According to the New York Times.

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Another Critical Article Directed at CITES

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Knowing them, I bet they were hoping for fish and chips instead!). Tags: CITES united nations marine animals Japan endangered species. Hopefully, regular citizens will read this and not just other activists. (I I forwarded an article about this to my book club members.

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Christian Science Monitor Calls for Endangered Species Hour

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Japan, which imports most of the tuna, led the fight against a proposed ban. Nations where livelihoods depend on fishing the tuna and on harvesting other marine species held sway over countries, including the US, that pointed to scientific evidence of drastically dwindling populations.

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Sea Shepherd to Head to Mediterranean to Protect Tuna

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Tags: sea shepherd.

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Tsunami Pics from Midway Atoll

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It could have been worse, and for the people on the coast of Japan it certainly was. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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