Endangered Fish

Settling Ownership of the Bounty of the High Seas

Susan Lieberman, Ph.D | Posted 05.10.2012

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Susan Lieberman, Ph.D

Many ocean species that are over-exploited and traded internationally live in areas beyond national jurisdiction, a region known as the high seas that starts 200 miles from shore and covers half the Earth.

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Prehistoric Fish Declared An Endangered Species

AP | ALEX DOMINGUEZ | Posted 04.02.2012

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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Atlantic sturgeon, a prehistoric fish whose once bountiful populations were depleted by anglers seeking its coveted caviar, has...

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Major Fish Evacuations Planned For Texas River Facing Drought

AP | ANGELA K. BROWN and BETSY BLANEY | Posted 11.16.2011

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Wading through a muddy river bed to reach shallow pools of water, wildlife biologists scooped up hundreds of minnows Friday ...

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PHOTOS: Tribes Rely On Primitive Fish Threatened By Hydroelectric Dams

AP | By JEFF BARNARD | Posted 10.04.2011

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OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) -- As long as American Indians have lived in the Pacific Northwest, they have looked to a jawless, eel-like fish for food. T...

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Saving June Sucker Fish May Require Moving Utah's Provo River

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 05.25.2011

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SALT LAKE CITY — Saving Utah's endangered June sucker may require moving a river. Federal officials this week announced they're in the early st...

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Dragon Fish Smuggling: Seven Charged With Smuggling Endangered Asian Arowana

AP | RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted seven people on charges of illegally smuggling an endangered fish considered luck...

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Federal Bailout Won't Make A Dent in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problems

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brooke-Sidney Gavins

The Delta, which provides water to nearly two-thirds of all Californians and is suffering from a three year drought, may not have a federal bailout after all.

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Atlantic Wolffish Needs Protection, Conservation Group Says

AP | CLARKE CANFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORTLAND, Maine — A ferocious-looking denizen of the deep that can gobble up whole urchins and crabs in a few swift chomps needs protection, acc...

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