marine environment

Watch: A look into the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

The video, published by the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR), focuses on one of the objectives of the Strategy – Save the Sea, aiming to address threats to marine biodiversity and food web structures, such as eutrophication, invasive species and hazardous substances.

The EUSBSR, approved by the European Council in 2009 following a communication from the European Commission, is the first Macro-regional Strategy in Europe. The Strategy is divided into three objectives,...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-a-look-into-the-eu-strategy-for-the-baltic-sea-region/

Australia plans to block shark drumlines photography

As part of its Shark Control program, Australia’s government of Queensland is set to implement legislation to criminalise close proximity to shark control equipment, to prevent any photography of lethal drumlines and shark nets.

As part of a suite of amendments to the QLD Fisheries Act, the Government is proposing implementing exclusion zones of 20 metres around shark control equipment, making it almost impossible to independently capture photography and videos of sharks and other marine...

https://safety4sea.com/australia-plans-to-block-shark-drumlines-photography/

Vessel busted in Africa for shark finning ‘under the guise of tuna license’

As part of the Operation Albacore III, Central African authorities seized a Senegalese-flagged, but Spanish-linked, long-line fishing vessel over fishing a large quantity of blue sharks that are classified as ‘near-threatened’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), although the long-liner was licensed to fish for ‘tuna and similar species’.

According to data provided by Sea Shepherd, on 22 September, local authorities from the Central African island state of São Tomé and...

https://safety4sea.com/vessel-busted-in-africa-for-shark-finning-under-the-guise-of-tuna-license/

Sea Shepherd offers Faroe Islands EUR 1 million to end whaling

In the last decade, a total of 7,744 small cetaceans of five different species (58,897 cetaceans of at least six species over the last 50 years) have lost their lives in the Faroe Islands whaling hunts, locally called ‘grindadráp’. In response, marine conservation charity Sea Shepherd UK proposed a financial incentive to the Faroe Islands of EUR 1,000,000 in total over the next 10 years, to bring to an end grindadráp, as part of its efforts to protect marine wildlife.

Whaling in the Faroe...

https://safety4sea.com/sea-shepherd-offers-faroe-islands-eur-1-million-to-end-whaling/

Canada announces more funds for shipwrecks removal

As part of its earlier announced efforts to address the problem of abandoned boats across Canadian coastlines, the Government of Canada announced the most recent applicants to receive funding under the Abandoned Boats Program. This program provides money to support the assessment, removal, and disposal of abandoned boats in Canadian waters.

A total of $31,346 will be provided to remove six boats that litter the shores of British Columbia. Recipients are:

  • Bowen Island Municipality (Bowen Island)...

https://safety4sea.com/canada-announces-more-funds-for-shipwrecks-removal/

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