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Big-Fish Stocks Fall 90 Percent Since 1950 |
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Written by Bernardo Duran
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Saturday, 07 February 2009 16:36 |
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 Only 10 percent of all large fish—both open ocean species including tuna, swordfish, marlin and the large groundfish such as cod, halibut, skates and flounder—are left in the sea, according to research published in the scientific journal Nature.
"From giant blue marlin to mighty bluefin tuna, and from tropical groupers to Antarctic cod, industrial fishing has scoured the global ocean. There is no blue frontier left," said lead author Ransom Myers, a fisheries biologist based at Dalhousie University in Canada. "Since 1950, with the onset of industrialized fisheries, we have rapidly reduced the resource base to less than 10 percent—not just in some areas, not just for some stocks, but for entire communities of these large fish species from the tropics to the poles." Read more.. |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 15 February 2009 15:30 |
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Humans have caused the drastic decline in numbers. |
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Written by Bernardo Duran
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Monday, 26 January 2009 17:04 |
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 Poachers kill rhinos for the price they can get for the horns (used for traditional Chinese medicine and for ornamental dagger handles in Yemen); land encroachment, illegal logging and pollution are destroying their habitat; and political conflicts adversely affect conservation programmes.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 15 February 2009 15:30 |
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Written by Bernardo Duran
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Monday, 26 January 2009 18:12 |
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 “I am grateful to our ancestors for leaving us the Chinese tiger -- the spirit of nature and the wellspring of culture. I pray, thanks to the united efforts of people worldwide, that the roar of the Chinese tiger will be heard echoing in the wilderness for generations to come.” - Li Quan
Chinese Tigers for adoption.. |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 15 February 2009 15:31 |
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Written by Bernardo Duran
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Monday, 26 January 2009 17:41 |
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 Poaching of leopards and their prey species: Poachers include both poor local villagers and newly rich Russians, mainly from the city of Vladivostok, as well as Chinese nationals who illegally cross the border into Russia. Russian hunters kill many more deer than is officially allowed and Amur leopards are sometimes shot or killed in snares as well. Since 2002, skins or corpses of nine Amur leopards killed by poachers have been found in Russia and at least two leopards have been killed in China.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 15 February 2009 15:30 |
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Water Ultraviolet Disinfection |
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Written by Bernardo Duran
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Tuesday, 27 January 2009 09:26 |
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 Coquitlam Ultraviolet Disinfection (2006 – 2010)
In 2005, in response to changes to the Canadian Drinking Water Quality Guidelines, the GVWD Board approved an upgrade of the Coquitlam facility to include ultraviolet (UV) primary disinfection. A combination of ozone and UV treatment is an effective way to eliminate Giardia and Cryptosporidium. This project may also replace the need for more filtration at Coquitlam, which has significantly less potential for turbidity than sources at Seymour or Capilano.
Existing Primary Disinfection
Existing facilities at Seymour and Capilano presently use chlorine for primary disinfection. However, these facilities will be phased out when the SCFP is brought on line in 2008 and the twin tunnels project is completed in 2009. |
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