Sturgeons threatened by illegal fishing and caviar trade

A new report by WWF and TRAFFIC has found that ongoing illegal fishing and trade in caviar in Romania and Bulgaria is threatening the survival of sturgeons in the Danube river basin …

World Fishing – 18 Jun 2013
www.worldfishing.net/news101/i…

More information:

WWF urges Romania, Bulgaria to protect wild sturgeon
phys.org/news/2013-06-wwf-urge…

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Endangered Fin Whale Killed in Iceland

By Animal Welfare Institute

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Animal Welfare Institute ( AWI – awionline.org/ ) announces an Icelandic media report that the Icelandic whaling company Hvalur hf has killed an endangered fin whale today in defiance of the international ban on commercial whaling. The whale was killed some 150 nautical miles off Iceland’s west coast, and is expected to be landed at the company’s whaling station in Hvalfjordur, less than an hour’s drive north of Reykjavik …

Sacramento Bee – Published: Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013 – 6:32 am
www.sacbee.com/2013/06/18/5505…

More information:

First Fin Whale Caught in Iceland
www.icelandreview.com/icelandr…

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Japan to insist on legitimacy of whaling program at int’l court

Kyodo News International

Japan will defend its whaling program in the Antarctic Ocean in upcoming international court hearings on Australia’s case against Japan’s so-called research whaling, the Japanese government said Tuesday …

GlobalPost – June 18, 2013 06:01
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/ne…

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