Topic: Nature and the Environment

Japan Tuna

Japan Tuna
Fish dealers load tuna into a truck at Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing. Fish dealers ...
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Singapore jewelers selling tiger parts: report

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Some jewelry shops in Singapore are illegally selling tiger parts, helping fuel the disappearance of the big cat from Asia, a local animal protection group said on Friday. A three-month investigation by Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) found that 59 out of 134 jewelry and antique ...
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Lifetime tiger hunter, 92, snared in Indonesia

Indonesian conservationists said on Friday they had caught red-handed a 92-year-old man who had admitted to killing dozens of critically endangered Sumatran tigers over a lifetime of hunting. "We caught him Thursday while he was sailing a traditional wooden boat in a river in Kuala Cinaku with evidence of skin ...
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Japanese fish dealers welcome tuna ban rejection

Japanese fish dealers welcome rejection of tuna trade ban, but urge that quotas be enforcedJapanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna — a prized ingredient of sushi — while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from ...
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