#Japan will soon release #Fukushima #radioactive water into the #ocean. How worried should we be?

Some have cast doubt on the #IAEA’s findings, with China recently arguing that the group’s assessment “is not proof of the legality and legitimacy” of Fukushima’s wastewater release.

By Jessie Yeung, Mayumi Maruyama and Emiko Jozuka, July 5, 2023

"Robert H. Richmond, director of the Kewalo Marine Laboratory at the University of #Hawaii at Manoa, is among a group of international scientists working with the #PacificIslandForum to assess the wastewater release plan – including visits to the Fukushima site, and meetings with TEPCO, Japanese authorities and the IAEA. After reviewing the details of the plan, Richmond called it 'ill-advised' and premature.

"One concern is that diluting the wastewater might not be enough to reduce its impact on marine life. #Pollutants like tritium can pass through various levels of the #FoodChain – including plants, animals, and bacteria – and be '#bioaccumulated,' meaning they will build up in the marine #ecosystem, he said.

"He added that the world’s oceans are already under stress from #ClimateChange, ocean #acidification, #overfishing and #pollution. The last thing it needs is to be treated like a 'dumping ground,' he said.

"And the potential risks won’t just affect the #AsiaPacific region. One 2012 study found evidence that bluefin #tuna had transported #radionuclides – radioactive isotopes like the ones in #nuclear #wastewater – from Fukushima across the Pacific to California."

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/04/asia/japan-fukushima-wastewater-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html

#NoDumping #FukushimaWater #TEPCOLies #PacificOcean #WaterIsLife #Corporatism #Corruption #JapanGovernment

BOTTOM TRAWLING TO CONTINUE IN HAURAKI GOLF

Yesterday the Government announced it WILL allow destructive bottom trawling to continue in large areas of the #HaurakiGulf.

We know that #BottomTrawling is the worst kind of commercial #fishing, bulldozing the #seafloor and indiscriminately destroying ancient #coral and other #MarineLife.

#SaveOurSeas #ProtectOurWildlife #Fishing #Overfishing 🐟🌊 🐠 🐳🪸🐡 🪼🦞

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horrific: Around 2,000 penguins, mostly juveniles, have washed up dead on the coast of eastern Uruguay in the last 10 days, & the cause, which does not appear to be avian influenza, remains a mystery

#starvation #overfishing #penguins https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230722-around-2-000-penguins-wash-up-dead-on-uruguay-coast

In the Southwest Atlantic, around 2000 young Magellanic penguins on their way northward have been found dead, as well as sea turtles, seabirds and sea lions. The penguins, which had no fat reserves and empty stomachs, are believed to have died of starvation due to illegal overfishing in the region. (Article in German).

#Fishing #Overfishing #Atlantic #Penguins #SeaLife #SeaFood #Biodiversity

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/pinguine-uruguay-100.html

Japan will soon release Fukushima radioactive water into the ocean. How worried should we be?

By Jessie Yeung, Mayumi Maruyama and Emiko Jozuka, CNN, July 6, 2023

"Robert H. Richmond, director of the Kewalo Marine Laboratory at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is among a group of international scientists working with the Pacific Island Forum to assess the wastewater release plan – including visits to the #Fukushima site, and meetings with #TEPCO, Japanese authorities and the #IAEA. After reviewing the details of the plan, Richmond called it 'ill-advised' and premature.

"One concern is that diluting the wastewater might not be enough to reduce its impact on marine life. Pollutants like tritium can pass through various levels of the food chain – including plants, animals, and bacteria – and be 'bioaccumulated,' meaning they will build up in the marine ecosystem, he said.

"He added that the world’s oceans are already under stress from #ClimateChange, ocean #acidification, #overfishing and #pollution. The last thing it needs is to be treated like a 'dumping ground,' he said."

https://www.accuweather.com/en/health-wellness/japan-will-soon-release-fukushima-radioactive-water-into-the-ocean-how-worried-should-we-be/1554626

#StopTEPCO #TEPCOLies #NoDumping #FukushimaWater #FukushimaDaiici #Japan #Nuclear #NuclearWaste

And records will continue to be shattered because this is a Crisis we are not addressing #FossilFuels - July 4 was the #hottestday recorded on #Earth, surpassing July 3, which held the record for a day. Both days were the hottest recorded since reliable record-keeping began in 1979. However, scientists suspect they are the hottest days Earth has experienced in at least #125,000 years. GreenhouseEffect #CarbonDioxide #industrialization #overfishing #deforestation #agriculture

#ECJ #AG Ćapeta: the Common Fisheries Policy Basic Regulation requires the Council to fix fishing limits at sustainable levels from the year 2020 #overfishing 👉https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7052/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCourtPress/status/1669269575605551104

Fish farming: Virginia Key scientists aim to put U.S. aquaculture on top :

Aquaculture is one of the fast growing industries worldwide, he said. And there is a reason for that: overfishing that has left global fisheries stagnant or in decline.
#acquaculture #ArmyCorpsofEngineers #fishfarm #hatchery #JohnStieglitz #MiamiAquaCulture #NOAA #Ocean #overfishing #RosenstielSchool #science #se

https://kbindependent.org/2023/07/03/fish-farming-virginia-key-scientists-aim-to-put-u-s-aquaculture-on-top/

Starving penguins and shorebirds in distress
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-24/lost-fiordland-penguins-in-esperance-raise-bird-expert-fears/102500672
#Ocean #FossilFuels #Birds #Overfishing #penguins

Starving penguins and shorebirds in distress
https://twitter.com/MnlyBeach/status/1672387899160141826
#Ocean #Fossilfuels #Birds #Overfishing #penguins

One person alone can’t save our #oceans from #plasticpollution, #overfishing, or #climatechange. But when we work together, nothing can stand in our way.

Become a Wavemaker to help protect the ocean:

https://share.grassriots.com/s/ZS8oEJVXmcVnihCgJ_Uy-A

#Overfishing linked to rapid #evolution of #codfish
A report by scientists offers the first #genomic evidence that #Atlantic #cod evolved new traits over only decades during a period of overfishing—evolutionary changes that scientists formerly believed could take millions of years. https://phys.org/news/2023-05-overfishing-linked-rapid-evolution-codfish.html

@helenczerski we need to start with a global ban on destruction and exploration of international waters and seabed and declare the global high seas a global preserve, much like the Antarctic treaty system or outer space treaty. No deep sea mining, trawling, drilling, fishing or whaling in intl waters.

We also need to realise that we are one species among countless others who rely on the interdependence and precarious balance that makes life possible. We cannot and have no right to disrupt this for either ourselves or any other species. We have no inherent right to exploit the ocean in a way that does so. We must stop, look, and think before we tread, and when we make our move, we must tread with care.

When I dive, I make sure not to smack into the reef or grab the first thing that I see. It's understood that we don't disturb the reef and leave no scar on the reef from our visit. Why is it different when people are not in dive gear?

#Conservation #DeepSeaMining #overfishing #ocean

Congratulations for this important achievement!

The future rules will help prevent #overfishing and we are ready to support EU Member States to foster compliance.

#WeAssist #CFP @EU_MARE
RT @VSinkevicius: Tonight, exactly 5 years after @EU_Commission tabled its proposal for a revision of the EU fisheries control system, we have reached a political agreement with @EUCouncil & @europarl_en.

Its future will be modern, digital & will ensure a level playing field f…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EFCA_EU/status/1663836690597724164

RT @EFCA_EU: Congratulations for this important achievement!

The future rules will help prevent #overfishing and we are ready to support EU Member States to foster compliance.

#WeAssist #CFP @EU_MARE https://t.co/XnZQHOnKTs

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/status/1663838432903278592

Thoughtful discussion with Dr. Daniel Pauly from Nicola Kim Jones in Knowable Magazine.

#MarineEcology #Fisheries #Overfishing #ClimateChange

https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2023/how-to-stop-overfishing

RT - 3D printed fish set to hit the market:

https://www.rt.com/news/575623-3d-bioprinted-fish-market/

#Bioprinting #BioInks #Grouper #StakeholderFoods #ArtificialFood #FoodScarcity #Overfishing #Overexploitation #FoodReplication #Ecology

#WorldTunaDay: Tuna plays a crucial role as top predators in ocean ecosystems, but :

👉#ClimateChange is causing Tuna to migrate
👉#Overfishing threatens tuna populations

Let's protect them & their habitats for a healthier planet 🌊
#SustainableFishing #OceanConservation

"Revealed: most of #EU delegation to crucial #fishing talks made up of fishery lobbyists
- More than half of the EU’s delegation to a crucial body of #tuna stock regulators is made up of fishing industry #lobbyists, the Guardian’s Seascape project can reveal, as #Europe is accused of “neocolonial” overfishing in the Indian Ocean

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2023/apr/26/revealed-most-of-eu-delegation-to-crucial-fishing-talks-made-up-of-fishery-lobbyists

"At the last annual IOTC meeting, the EU’s 40-strong delegation was made up of at least 24 industry lobbyists listed as “advisers”, Guardian analysis shows. At the smaller special session on FADs this year, at least half of the 10 EU delegates were from the tuna industry."
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The numbers could shed some light on why the EU recently objected to an agreement by African and Asian coastal nations to restrict harmful fish aggregating devices (FADs) that disproportionately harvest juvenile tuna. Stocks of yellowfin tuna are overfished in the Indian Ocean."
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"In February, a proposal by Indonesia and 10 other coastal states in the region – including India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan – for a 72-day ban on FADs used by purse seine vessels was adopted by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), the main regulatory body. With a two-thirds majority vote, the measure was welcome by conservationists as a “huge win” for yellowfin and other marine life.

Retailers including Tesco, Co-op and Princes have previously issued calls for tough action to preserve and rebuild the $4bn yellowfin industry, while this year Marks & Spencer warned EU officials that FADs are a major cause of yellowfin tuna overfishing, and that they cripple future stocks.

The devices, typically made of plastic, also pollute the ocean and small island states when lost or discarded.

But earlier this month the EU, which is the largest harvester of tropical tuna in the region, objected to the measure, effectively exempting it from the restrictions. Critics described the move as “neocolonialism”, pointing to the influence of industry lobbyists from France and Spain in ignoring the will of many coastal nations."

#Colonialism #NeoColonialism #IndianOcean #Overfishing #CommercialFishing #Exploitation #Plastic #France #Spain #IOTC #India #SriLanka #Pakistan #Guardian

Mackerel is no longer a sustainable fish. Should you stop eating it?

This seemingly abundant species was often touted as a responsible choice, but years of overfishing have led its sustainability rating to be downgraded

#Mackerel #SustainableFish #Food #Foodie #WhatsForLunch #SustainableFood #SustainableFoodSystems #OverFishing
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/21/mackerel-is-no-longer-a-sustainable-fish-should-you-stop-eating-it