by ACF | May 16, 2013 | Marine & Coastal
Tanzania is the only country in Africa where dynamite fishing still occurs on a large scale. This illegal practice is extremely destructive to the surrounding ecosystem, as the explosion often destroys the coral reef and local habitat that supports the fish. Hyasint... 
by ACF | Mar 19, 2013 | Habitat News, Marine & Coastal, Wildlife News
Protecting a dwindling species, increasing income for a poor community and raising awareness for environmental issues – these are the ambitious objectives of a proposed Indian Ocean Sea Park near Mombasa, Kenya. Will a marine enclosure designed to keep whale sharks... by ACF | Aug 30, 2012 | Habitat News, Marine & Coastal
Today in the Indian Ocean a landmark fishery closure is being held to boost the artisanal fisheries of island communities. Small-scale fisheries face growing challenges in the face of continued over exploitation. Rodrigues, a tiny Mauritian island, has been... by ACF | Jan 16, 2012 | Marine & Coastal
Tanzania needs to be constantly on alert following the invasion of the Louisiana crayfish that are infamous for eating small freshwater fish, fish eggs, other aquatic organisms and plankton. Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) Director General Benjamin... by ACF | Oct 24, 2011 | Marine & Coastal
Bonn — For 86 per cent of all toothed whale species, entanglement in gillnets, traps, weirs, purse seines, longlines and trawls is resulting in an unsustainably high death toll. This is among the findings of a report published today by the Convention on the... by ACF | May 10, 2011 | Marine & Coastal
Walvis Bay — An isolated community of bottle-nose dolphins; killer whales killing leatherback turtles (never heard of before); and uncommon lethal box jellyfish are just the tip of the iceberg of what the sea off Namibia’s central coast has to offer....