Dod's Diving and Marine Conservation Blog

In March 2010 CITES ( What is CITES? ) Parties will meet to discuss the potential inclusion of the marine species to the convention appendi...

WWF in Hong Kong has successfully managed to get some high profile restaurants to ban the sale of bluefin tuna in their outlets. Too little ...

The visit in early/mid March of a humpback whale in Hong Kong was an amazing and unexpected event, and provoked a lot of interest with the H...

An article from Greenpeace international points to weakness in the agreements from Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. This is...

Guess I took my eye off this for a while. There are now three certified sustainable shrimp fisheries in the world. http://www.msc.org/cook-...

ICCAT, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, is a group responsible for the management of fisheries for tuna ...

This is an excellent post from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Have a look at the video as well: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoo...

The IUCN has listed 11 pelagic sharks and rays as threatened with extinction. Pelagic species are traditionally seen as resilient, this stud...

This video clip, about reducing our individual wasteful habits, will at first sight seem not related to marine conservation issues. However ...

Interesting article in the SCMP last Sunday about the fishing industry in Hong Kong. Details can be found on the livingseas website. by clic...

This is worth a watch

In an article titled "Unilever ends the use of shark products in its cosmetics" Oceana also point the way to consumers needing to ...

Research is showing that fishermen will make even more profit than thought if they let stocks rebuild. The simple reason is that when stocks...

WWF Hong Kong has launched a shark fin campaign on the 3rd December, aimed at highlighting the Most shark fisheries are poorly managed and u...

This is so true... we all love polar bears and tigers, flamingos and eagles but how many friends do fascinating fish have? Thanks to Dr. Mar...

A recent study and press release from WWF-Hong Kong highlights the plight of some of Hong Kong's favourite marine species, including the...

The Japanese have been routinely slammed in the western press for increasing their planned hunts for whales this year and to include humpbac...

Interesting report on the BBC, sent to me by a good friend, this also made the BBC World Service and BBC News 24. The story is that European...

WWF is calling for a three year closure of the fisheries industry in European waters. The timing of this proclaimation is aligned with the ...

A new report from Australia's Lowy Institute spells out what we have all know for a long time, overfishing in South East Asia is depleti...