Sentences with phrase «endangered fish in»

The only way to save the bluefin tuna, one of the most marvelous and endangered fish in the ocean, may be to domesticate the species

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Submissions at the hearing revealed significant uncertainties on the effects of the project on primary productivity in the water ecosystems, impacts on endangered marine mammals, and impacts on existing indigenous and commercial fishing interests.

Reflect for a moment on a few familiar facts: The endangered wildlife list now stands at a record 101 species in the United States — mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles facing extinction.

40 % of what's caught globally is discarded, in the form of undersized fish, endangered sharks, turtles, and dolphins — left to die, or already dead;

In February 2015, a sub-population of Murray hardyhead were translocated to this site from the South Australian Riverland, as part of ongoing efforts by several agencies to restore the population of this endangered fish species.

A total of 367 GL of Commonwealth environmental water was released from Hume Dam to support in - channel, wetland and low elevation floodplain habitat throughout the River Murray for improving the condition, movement and recruitment of native fish — both silver (critically endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) and golden perch were detected spawning in the Mid Murray in response to flow variability; improve riparian and wetland vegetation condition; and contribute to the managed export of salt from the River Murray system.

The watering program contributed to supporting the long term recovery of the endangered Murray hardyhead fish, a unique freshwater fish that flourishes in moderately saline waters.

The wetland complex is home for 284 species of plants (including 108 regionally endangered, 11 state - wide endangered and 1 nationally endangered), 171 species of birds (making it a significant bird hotspot in South Australia and Australia), 47 species of reptiles, 13 species of mammals, 9 species of fish and 8 species of amphibians.

barbecued chicken with warm green bean salad Close Buying sustainably sourced fish means buying fish that has been caught without endangering the levels of fish stocks and with the protection of the environment in mind.

Close Buying sustainably sourced fish means buying fish that has been caught without endangering the levels of fish stocks and with the protection of the environment in mind.

The species is one of the world's largest freshwater fishes, capable of growing to more than 10 feet and upwards of 400 pounds, and is listed as protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at the Appendix II level.

In fact, the license renewal process is limited, focusing on environmental effects, such as endangered species, the effects of cooling water systems on fish and ground water quality; and, physical plant safety, such as the long term maintenance of coolant system piping or steam generators, as well as motors, diesel generators, and batteries.

Coastal martens were petitioned for listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 2010, but withdrawn for consideration by the fish and wildlife service in 2015.

«[T] hat another federally endangered bat species, the gray bat, has been confirmed with white - nose syndrome is devastating for anyone who cares about bats and the benefits they provide to people,» U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe said in a prepared statement.

South of Orlando, Lake Tohopekaliga, known locally as Lake Toho, is famous for bass fishing but is also a good place to see bald eagles and the endangered snail kite, a small hawk that feeds on snails in tropical marshes (800-247-1309).

A study in Science found that species non-specialists proposed to add to the endangered list were more at risk than species put on the list by experts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The team assessed 61 species of fish according to the criteria used by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Gland, Switzerland, to produce its Red List of endangered species.

News Scan: The deadliest catch (p 14) Sushi fans lament: a favorite fish, the Northern bluefin tuna found in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, is being caught in such great numbers that it may soon become endangered.

Off the List Thanks to repopulation efforts during the past few decades, the gray wolf (Canis lupus) now thrives in the U.S., and since 2003 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been trying to move the top predator off the endangered species list — a plan opposed by groups that believe the wolves are susceptible to being overhunted [see «Out of the Woods»; SciAm, April 2003].

Given that leatherback turtle populations have declined by 98 % in the past 40 years (mostly due to being caught in fishing nets), this migration map is crucial in helping to save leatherback lives: thanks to this map, the scientists have already singled out 11 countries that can be invited to help conserve this endangered species.

Using a model of endangered Atlantic salmon in Maine's Penobscot River as a case study, NOAA researchers found that abundance, distribution and number of fish increased upstream when dams in the primary downstream segments of the river, also called «mainstem dams,» were removed or fish passage survival was increased.

Then, in June of last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stated that all U.S. chimpanzees — including the more than 700 chimps used in research — would be classified as endangered under the Endangered Spendangered under the Endangered SpEndangered Species Act.

Overfishing has caused a dramatic decline in beluga sturgeon stocks, but the USFWS says the fish isn't endangered.

A search party is headed to the Indonesian island to look for critically endangered Javan fishing cat, unique amongst felines in its semi-aquatic lifestyle

A 90 % decline in Caspian beluga stocks over the preceding 20 years prompted the fish's addition to the United Nation's Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1998.

Although acknowledging that threatened species shouldn't be used for dissection, Kambadur Muralidhar, a professor of endocrinology at South Asian University in New Delhi, says that substituting species in dissections — for example, using the common walking catfish instead of endangered Scoliodon fish — would have addressed the issue.

The team estimates more than 1,200 species of fish make their home in the Mekong, including the giant Mekong catfish and the giant freshwater stingray, as well as the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin.

It has been a mixed week for fish at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in the Dutch capital, The Hague.

In the entire history of the Endangered Species Act, there has been no similar instance of a split listing, Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe said in a press briefing June 1In the entire history of the Endangered Species Act, there has been no similar instance of a split listing, Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe said in a press briefing June 1in a press briefing June 11.

Downstream, near where the river empties into the East China Sea, the land around the Yangtze contains some of the densest clusters of human habitation in the world, and overfishing there has already endangered 25 of the river's 177 unique fish species.

In science news around the world, the European Commission proposes that the European Union consider funding military research, more investigations at Japanese universities cast doubts on claims for a leading hypertension drug, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials plan a culling of barred owls in the Pacific Northwest in hopes of saving the endangered northern spotted owl, and morIn science news around the world, the European Commission proposes that the European Union consider funding military research, more investigations at Japanese universities cast doubts on claims for a leading hypertension drug, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials plan a culling of barred owls in the Pacific Northwest in hopes of saving the endangered northern spotted owl, and morin the Pacific Northwest in hopes of saving the endangered northern spotted owl, and morin hopes of saving the endangered northern spotted owl, and more.

A decision in June by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to list captive chimpanzees as endangered added another hurdle by requiring a permit to use any of the 700 research chimpanzees in the country in invasive research.

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act by issuing a permit to Montana allowing it to open the Stillwater State Forest to timber harvests in areas that would damage grizzly territory.

Harnessing an invasive fish species sounded like a promising conservation tool to help reverse the destruction wreaked by zebra mussels on endangered native mollusks in the Great Lakes — except that it won't work, says a University of Guelph ecologist.

Fewer than 500 whooping cranes live in the wild in the United States, making them the world's most endangered crane species, said Tom MacKenzie a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday.

In 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined an endangered species listing for greater sage grouse was not warranted in Wyoming or elsewherIn 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined an endangered species listing for greater sage grouse was not warranted in Wyoming or elsewherin Wyoming or elsewhere.

Water development, including damming, harms 91 percent of endangered fish species and 22 percent of endangered birds in the United States, according to a study published in Bioscience [subscription required].

The red wolf was listed as an endangered species in 1973, initiating a captive breeding program by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has accepted the eastern wolf of the Great Lakes region as a distinct species, and has proposed removing the gray wolf in the eastern United States from endangered species protection.

Endangered fish seem to have undergone virgin births — cloning themselves in what might be a last - ditch ploy to avoid extinction

The move by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the animal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act includes scenarios for establishing wolverines in their former range, with Colorado taking the lead; the male stranded in Colorado, M56, had chosen an excellent spot in the southern Rockies and was already fitted with a transmitter.

An endangered fish along the coast of California — the tidewater goby — may actually be two species rather than one, according a study published July 27, 2016 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Camm Swift from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, US, and colleagues.

Wrong fish restocked U.S. conservationists spent two decades restoring the greenback cutthroat trout to its former glory in the mountain streams of Colorado, finally succeeding last year in bringing the endangered species back up to 20 self - sustaining populations.

Today's NIH decision comes on the heels of a proposed rule from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that would place all chimps — including those in captivity — under the protection of the Endangered Species Act.

In North America, the Fish and Wildlife Service is credited with probably saving the black - footed ferret from being classified as extinct in the wild to endangered after a 10 - year effort to reintroduce the species to eight Western states and MexicIn North America, the Fish and Wildlife Service is credited with probably saving the black - footed ferret from being classified as extinct in the wild to endangered after a 10 - year effort to reintroduce the species to eight Western states and Mexicin the wild to endangered after a 10 - year effort to reintroduce the species to eight Western states and Mexico.

Underneath a helium - filled shark balloon, researchers discussed the endangered bluefin tuna and the efforts by an E.U. - funded collaboration to map out its life cycle and induce the fish to reproduce in captivity.

Biologists already knew that fishing gear posed a problem for the endangered turtles, which can get entangled in trawlers» nets, but they were not sure exactly where and when they were running into trouble.

In keeping with an increasing drive to end most biomedical research with chimpanzees, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) today announced a proposal to upgrade the status of captive chimpanzee from «threatened» to «endangered.»

Species don't come much more endangered than the vaquita, a tiny porpoise that's frequently killed in commercial fishing nets in the northern reaches of Mexico's Gulf of California.

A draft plan to restore endangered habitat and fish species in the California Bay Delta east of San Francisco is incomplete and contains major scientific gaps, according to a new report out today from the National Academies» National Research Council (NRC).