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Bidding for Tuna at the Biggest Fish Market in the World

Arts, Culture & Media

Today’s Geo Quiz takes us to a famous fish market in central Tokyo

The Tale Of A Big Fish

Business, Economics and Jobs
The World

Why the Threat to Bluefin Tuna Increased Because of War in Libya

Conflict & Justice
The World

Can the Bluefin Bounce Back?

The World

Radiation and Raw Fish in Japan

Environment
The World

Sport Fishing in Flordia

It’s been eighteen months since Florida voters approved a ban on gill net fishing in state waters, to reduce the catch. But, the transition hasn’t been easy. The 1995 referendum was bitter, pitting a disorganized commercial fishing industry against a powerful sports fishing lobby. Still, the ban appears to be working as populations of Spanish […]

The World

Mexico Backs Off on Tuna

Living on Earth’s Peter Thomson reports on the latest maneuvering in the US-Mexico row over an import ban designed to protect dolphins killed by Mexican tuna fishing boats. Some environmentalists say the Bush administration has agreed to lobby for changes in the US Marine Mammal Protection Act in exchange for Mexico dropping its unfair-trade grievance […]

No Waves of Hope

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) recently failed to pass important protections for marine wildlife.

Pushing for Sea Changes

High on the list of priorities at this year’s Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species is the Atlantic blue fin tuna and 8 species of shark, prized for their fins to make the Chinese delicacy shark fin soup.

The World’s Largest Water Park

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown considers turning 221,000 square miles in the Indian Ocean into a pristine marine sanctuary.