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FILE - In this April 10, 2008 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale dives in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass. The endangered whales increasingly are frequenting the bay, enticed by the fine dining possibilities of its plankton-rich waters. They foraged in the bay for centuries, where their numbers were decimated when whalers hunted them for their oil and plastic-like baleen bone. For a stretch in the late 1990s, fewer than 30 whales were sighted each year. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
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Canadians do the right thing

THE Canadian government said yesterday it would “bring all the resources necessary” to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale, after 10 of the mammals died in the Gulf of St Lawrence in the past two months

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WIRE: In this March 14, 1999 file photo, a gray whale with her baby swims in the Ojo de Liebre lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico. On the sidelines of a UN wildlife conference in Rome, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, United Nations officials and environmental groups say human-made noise in the oceans is increasing, further threatening endangered animals like whales and dolphins that use sound to communicate and orient themselves.
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Native hunters in hot water over whale killing

FEDERAL officials were this week investigating the killing of a protected grey whale by Native hunters in Alaska after the massive animal strayed into a river in an area where indigenous residents rely on subsistence fishing and hunting as part of their ancient culture and traditions

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The brilliant Plano KVD bag won the Best Tackle Management award.
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Lapping up Show’s delights

IT’S a cliché, I know, but when I attend the annual Australian Fishing Trade Show on the Gold Coast I am very much the proverbial “kid in the candy shop”

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A blue swimmer crab on the sandy bottom of Sydney Harbour near Bradley's Head. The State Government has banned commercial fishing in Sydney Harbour following the discovery of high levels of dioxin in bream. Underwater picture Craig Greenhill.

Study gets to bottom of ocean floor species

Sand – that grainy stuff that covers vast swathes of the ocean floor – may not seem as exciting a habitat as coral reefs or seagrass meadows, but there’s a whole lot going on in the vast sandy stretches of the ocean.

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06/03/2013 NEWS: Port Lincoln saw the last of the super trawler’ the Abel Tasman, now renamed to its original name, Margiris. Pic by Ivon Perrin Pic. Supplied

Call for action on super trawlers

The Abbott Government has been accused of dragging its feet when it comes to bolstering federal powers over super trawlers wanting to fish in Australian waters.

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