FIS 30 January 2014 The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (Sagarpa) decided to set a permanent ban on the capture of white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in order to conserve the resource and protect its reproduction in national waters of federal jurisdiction. The measure, which applies to federal waters of both Mexican coasts, came into force on Read More…

Imperial Valley News 8 January 2014 Officials from Audubon Nature Institute and San Diego Zoo Global took the first steps today in building a breeding center for rare and endangered species. Scooping shovels of dirt, dignitaries including New Orleans City Council Members Jackie Clarkson and Kristin Palmer, and State Representatives Bryan Adams, Ebony Woodruff and Christopher Leopold, joined Read More…

Midland Daily News 8 January 2014 There is currently no actual ‘threshold’ between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, but some see one — crossed — in a report issued Monday. In it the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers outlines eight approaches to blocking threats to the two watersheds posed by such aquatic invasive species as Asian carp. Among the alternatives, say Read More…

Radio Free Asia 9 January 2014 China should join an intergovernmental commission supervising development of the Mekong River to more effectively address environmental and other problems faced by downstream Southeast Asian nations, a senior U.S. government official says. Aaron Salzberg, special coordinator for water issues at the U.S. State Department, also underlined the importance of Read More…

Asahi Shimbun 8 January 2014 In a broadening campaign to enforce its territorial claims, China says it's beefing up its police powers in the disputed South China Sea and requiring foreign fishermen to ask Beijing's permission to operate within most of the vast, strategic waterway. The move, which took effect this month, comes on the heels of the late November announcement of a new air Read More…