“An overview of the Ocean environmental news of the day from Greenpeace. This service is meant to provide an overview of today’s news on this topic. We regret the full text stories cannot be provided for copyright reasons.
HEADLINE: EU introduces emergency controls to save hake fish stocks
DATELINE: BRUSSELS, Belgium
BODY: The European Commission said Thursday it introduced emergency measures to prevent overfishing of lucrative hake fish stocks which have been pushed to the brink of collapse. The measures include
HEADLINE: Singapore bans fish sales after Indonesian tanker capsizes
DATELINE: SINGAPORE, June 14
BODY: Singapore banned the harvest and sale of fish at 37 fish farms after an Indonesian tanker laden with toxic chemicals capsized near its waters, the Straits Times television reported Thursday. The Agri-food
HEADLINE: Indonesian tanker capsizes, spills toxic chemical
DATELINE: KUALA LUMPUR, June 14
BODY: An Indonesian tanker laden with a toxic chemical has capsized off Malaysia’s southern Johor state near Singapore, leaking pollution and killing thousands of fish, officials said Thursday. The 533-tonne MV Endah”
