Blogposts tagged 'Extinction'

Governments fail bluefin in Doha

Posted by Willie - 18 March 2010 at 3:13pm - 0 Comments

The breaking news today is that governments at the CITES meeting at Doha have voted AGAINST a trade ban on Atlantic bluefin.

Words cannot express how frustrating this is. The science and scientific backing is incontrovertible. The public will and pressure is immense. The species could be commercially extinct within just a few years.

Article tagged as: ban, bluefin, CITES, doha, extinction, mediterranean, oceans, trade, tuna

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Passing pigeons

Posted by Willie - 6 May 2007 at 8:00am - 0 Comments

Follow the crew of the Arctic Sunrise on their campaign for Marine Reserves in our North Sea Tour blog

A couple of rock doves passed over the Arctic Sunrise this morning, heading for nearby cliffs on Fetlar. These birds are typically found on cliffs like those around Shetland, but are probably better known as the feral pigeons that have colonised the artificial cliffs we have built in our towns and cities.