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Shark Fishing Vessel Released from Detent
Marine Pollution Bulletin
ensure that the decline of nature is halted and reversed. They are urging the tourism industry, from tour operators to local decision-makers, to commit to responsible tourism development in the region. At a minimum this means adequate protection of the key areas for biodiversity conservation and no development in the most critical places within these areas. In particular, many of the areas that WWF has identi®ed as the most important for nature in the Mediterranean are threatened by such tourism development, which may result in most of these areas loosing their invaluable biodiversity by 2020. Currently, mass tourism is one of the main drivers of coastal and marine degradation in the Mediterranean. WWF is challenging the tourism industry to create a new model to halt this trend. WWF believes that there should be no further development in the absence of careful planning that includes a network of protected areas capable of safeguarding the region's biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources (land, water, energy).
PII: S0025-326X(01)00105-9
Shark Fishing Vessel Released from Detention Three ®shing boats belonging to the Manta industrial ¯eet have been captured, as a result of the patrolling carried out by the GalaÂpagos National Park on board the motor vessel Sirenian inside the Marine Reserve. Two of the vessels the San Mateo, detained on 8th March and the Dilsun detained on March 11th were released within a few days by order of the Director General of the Merchant Marine (DIGMER) in spite of evidence that they had been ®shing illegally in the Marine Reserve. The Dilsun had been detained to the south of Isabela Island. On inspection the following day, in the presence of sta of the Harbormaster's Oce and the GalaÂpagos National Park, 350 shark
carcasses, ®fteen 30 Kg bags of shark ®ns, a bag containing 39 pelvic shark ®ns and 3 bags containing ®llets and shark bones had been found on board. The vessel's permit had expired and there were gaps in its log. DIGMER released the vessel after its captained claimed the day after its detention that it had had to make a `forced arrival'. Considerable concern was expressed over the release of the vessel by the GalaÂpagos National Park. The Ecuadorian Navy is supposed to assist the park ocials in preventing illegal ®shing and the release of the vessel appeared to contradict this support and bring into question the effectiveness of marine patrols in the GalaÂpagos islands. A third ®shing boat, the Gaviota, arrested while ®shing near Isabela on the same day that the Dilsun was detained, was still being held at present by the Villamil Harbormaster's Oce at the time.
PII: S0025-326X(01)00106-0
Global Marine Census Planned A global marine census is being planned at a cost of $1 billion. It is to be funded to the extent of $500 million by the philanthropic organization in the US, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and is being promoted by Jesse Ausubel. The other $500 million is expected to be provided by Europe, Japan and other countries taking part. The planned ten year census is set to record all life in the world's oceans. At present only about 5% of the oceans have been thoroughly surveyed. A group made up of representatives from Europe, Japan and the US will release a planned strategy for the collection of data world-wide. Sixty three institutions from 15 countries are already involved in preparing a bio-geographical information system that would be able to support the census. It is intended to use multi-scanning systems that will be able to map the acoustical signatures of numerous marine organisms. The survey will also collect physical data about the areas studied and this will allow models to be created and provide relatively accurate counts of major marine species. Electronic tagging will be made of many species to try and collect further data on the distribution and numbers of many of the top predators such as whales, sea turtles and tuna. A special ship will also be commissioned to collect bacteria and viruses from deep water. This is thought to be of particular importance to the pharmaceutical industry.
PII: S0025-326X(01)00107-2
Dugong Sanctuaries Appear to be Working Photo: Paul Kingston Fishing boat detained o the Galapagos Island of Isabela
336
Independent evidence showing that dugong numbers in the southern Great Barrier Reef have increased since the
ensure that the decline of nature is halted and reversed. They are urging the tourism industry, from tour operators to local decision-makers, to commit to responsible tourism development in the region. At a minimum this means adequate protection of the key areas for biodiversity conservation and no development in the most critical places within these areas. In particular, many of the areas that WWF has identi®ed as the most important for nature in the Mediterranean are threatened by such tourism development, which may result in most of these areas loosing their invaluable biodiversity by 2020. Currently, mass tourism is one of the main drivers of coastal and marine degradation in the Mediterranean. WWF is challenging the tourism industry to create a new model to halt this trend. WWF believes that there should be no further development in the absence of careful planning that includes a network of protected areas capable of safeguarding the region's biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources (land, water, energy).
PII: S0025-326X(01)00105-9
Shark Fishing Vessel Released from Detention Three ®shing boats belonging to the Manta industrial ¯eet have been captured, as a result of the patrolling carried out by the GalaÂpagos National Park on board the motor vessel Sirenian inside the Marine Reserve. Two of the vessels the San Mateo, detained on 8th March and the Dilsun detained on March 11th were released within a few days by order of the Director General of the Merchant Marine (DIGMER) in spite of evidence that they had been ®shing illegally in the Marine Reserve. The Dilsun had been detained to the south of Isabela Island. On inspection the following day, in the presence of sta of the Harbormaster's Oce and the GalaÂpagos National Park, 350 shark
carcasses, ®fteen 30 Kg bags of shark ®ns, a bag containing 39 pelvic shark ®ns and 3 bags containing ®llets and shark bones had been found on board. The vessel's permit had expired and there were gaps in its log. DIGMER released the vessel after its captained claimed the day after its detention that it had had to make a `forced arrival'. Considerable concern was expressed over the release of the vessel by the GalaÂpagos National Park. The Ecuadorian Navy is supposed to assist the park ocials in preventing illegal ®shing and the release of the vessel appeared to contradict this support and bring into question the effectiveness of marine patrols in the GalaÂpagos islands. A third ®shing boat, the Gaviota, arrested while ®shing near Isabela on the same day that the Dilsun was detained, was still being held at present by the Villamil Harbormaster's Oce at the time.
PII: S0025-326X(01)00106-0
Global Marine Census Planned A global marine census is being planned at a cost of $1 billion. It is to be funded to the extent of $500 million by the philanthropic organization in the US, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and is being promoted by Jesse Ausubel. The other $500 million is expected to be provided by Europe, Japan and other countries taking part. The planned ten year census is set to record all life in the world's oceans. At present only about 5% of the oceans have been thoroughly surveyed. A group made up of representatives from Europe, Japan and the US will release a planned strategy for the collection of data world-wide. Sixty three institutions from 15 countries are already involved in preparing a bio-geographical information system that would be able to support the census. It is intended to use multi-scanning systems that will be able to map the acoustical signatures of numerous marine organisms. The survey will also collect physical data about the areas studied and this will allow models to be created and provide relatively accurate counts of major marine species. Electronic tagging will be made of many species to try and collect further data on the distribution and numbers of many of the top predators such as whales, sea turtles and tuna. A special ship will also be commissioned to collect bacteria and viruses from deep water. This is thought to be of particular importance to the pharmaceutical industry.
PII: S0025-326X(01)00107-2
Dugong Sanctuaries Appear to be Working Photo: Paul Kingston Fishing boat detained o the Galapagos Island of Isabela
336
Independent evidence showing that dugong numbers in the southern Great Barrier Reef have increased since the