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Regulations that took effect this month require detailed tracking of some imported fish. The program is welcomed by conservation groups and American fishers, but it is not clear is how well it will work.
Scientists find that rising temperatures are dramatically skewing sex ratios of a 200,000-strong Australian colony of endangered green sea turtles, threatening the animals’ survival.
Collecting tropical fish for the aquarium market is depleting wild populations and harming coral reefs. Conservationists are developing techniques to breed highly sought fish in captivity to spare their wild cousins.
A new initiative will deploy acoustical and thermal imaging technology off California to locate the world’s largest animal and alert nearby vessels. But it’ll only help blue whales if captains of large ships heed warnings and slow their boats.
Their predators wiped out by disease, urchins are devastating Northern California kelp beds that are vital habitat for abalone, sea otters and other marine life while threatening valuable fisheries.
As anchovy populations crash in the ocean, the surviving forage fish move close to shore, attracting record numbers of whales and other marine life to an all-they-can-eat banquet. But scientists say the bounty is not sustainable.
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