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afrol News, 19 October - Scientists find that the corals on the Comoran island Mayotte are rapidly bleaching, which leads to a death of the reef. The situation on Mayotte was "the worst seen in the Indian Ocean," they report.

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Warmer Lake Tanganyika threatens fisheries

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 1 July - The warming of Lake Tanganyika over the past century has made the lake less productive - posing a serious threat to fisheries, according to a new series of studies.

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East Africa | Indian Ocean
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Indian Ocean fisheries deal disappoints East Africa

afrol News, 5 March - Attempts to achieve a more environmentally sustainable regulation of fisheries in the Indian Ocean, in particular tuna catches off the East African coast, mostly failed during the annual meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) in Busan, Korea today.

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Experts reach conclusion to limit trade on aquatic animals under CITES

afrol News, 15 December - An advisory panel of independent experts convened by FAO has issued recommendations regarding six proposals to limit international trade in a number of commercially exploited aquatic animals under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

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Western Sahara
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Campaign against plundering of W/Sahara resources launched

afrol News, 9 November - The pro-Saharawi network, Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) has launched a campaign to sign letters to the EU Commissioner for Fisheries, asking EU to immediately stop the plundering of the natural resources of Western Sahara by Morocco.

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» 02.11.2009 - Turkish shipwreck pollutes Madagascar coast
» 01.09.2009 - Treaty to eliminate illegal fishing penned
» 07.04.2009 - Kenyan fisherman arrested in disputed Migingo island
» 30.03.2009 - Two new sea rescue centres opened in SADC region
» 25.11.2008 - Tuna commission criticised for endorsing high quotas
» 12.06.2008 - Western Sahara-bound fishing vessel hijacked
» 29.05.2008 - Coastal erosion displacing Liberians
» 13.05.2008 - Tata withdraws Natron report
» 02.05.2008 - Niger River to be rescued
» 28.01.2008 - Denmark unveils Africa plan
» 15.11.2007 - Gambia hippos destroy crops
» 12.11.2007 - SA tops African fishing
» 29.05.2007 - 34,000 seabirds killed annually in Africa
» 13.03.2007 - EU nets fisheries deal with São Tomé
» 14.02.2007 - Ghana's local fishermen pay the price of overfishing
» 06.11.2006 - Global fisheries collapse to hit Africa first
» 03.11.2006 - Comoros gets regional fisheries monitoring centre
» 10.10.2006 - Oil sector in Guinea-Bissau to avoid pollution scandals
» 07.02.2006 - Will turtles survive Cape Verde tourist invasion?
» 01.12.2005 - Comoros, EU sign fisheries agreement
» 01.11.2005 - West Africa's Canary Current to be protected
» 31.10.2005 - Whales guided to safety in Cape Verde
» 22.06.2005 - Cameroon, Togo, Gambia "bought by whaling nations"
» 04.04.2005 - Chemical, nuclear alarm in Somalia after tsunami
» 22.02.2005 - Substantial tsunami damage to Seychelles reefs
» 10.02.2005 - More patrols for Guinea-Bissau's marine parks
» 21.12.2004 - Artisanal fisheries encouraged in Angola
» 07.12.2004 - Tanzania's Mafia Island links telecom and environment
» 03.12.2004 - Overfishing behind Ghana's wildlife decline
» 21.09.2004 - Seychelles, EU negotiate new fisheries deal
» 20.08.2004 - Mozambican fishermen protect terns and turtles
» 13.08.2004 - Seychelles to improve shark fish monitoring
» 07.07.2004 - Project to clean up polluted Indian Ocean
» 29.06.2004 - Equatoguinean navy shoots at research vessel
» 31.05.2004 - African-Atlantic fisheries to be monitored
» 03.05.2004 - Seychelles to fight invasive marine species
» 24.02.2004 - South Africa sets up new environmental court
» 29.01.2004 - Mauritius to close its ports to illegal fishers
» 28.11.2003 - Scientists taming sharks at South Africa's coast
» 20.11.2003 - Moroccan fisheries threaten Mediterranean dolphins
» 16.11.2003 - South Africa saves global albatross protection
» 29.10.2003 - Mozambique to protect turtles from trawl nets
» 23.10.2003 - "Disadvantaged South Africans" get lobster rights
» 20.09.2003 - Reefs from Kenya to Mozambique "dead by 2015"
» 09.09.2003 - A tenth of Africa's surface now protected
» 01.08.2003 - Community-based research nets results in Benin
» 01.07.2003 - Mauritanian beaches full of dead dolphins
» 25.05.2003 - Senegalese artisanal fishers weep over noble fish
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