Keith Anthony Fabro
Freelance Environment Journalist at Mongabay
Envi journo covering pangolins, wildlife trafficking & ocean issues in SE Asia | 📩[email protected]
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1 week ago |
news.mongabay.com | Keith Anthony Fabro
Drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) are floating rafts with underwater netting used by fishing vessels to attract tuna. A recent study estimated that between 2007 and 2021, 1.41 million dFADs drifted through 37% of the world’s oceans, stranding in 104 maritime jurisdictions and often polluting sensitive marine habitats.
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3 weeks ago |
eco-business.com | Keith Anthony Fabro
Overfishing in Southeast Asia’s coastal waters has been reported since the 1970s, driven by overcapacity, high demand and population growth. While most studies point to the depletion of nearshore fisheries, new research offers a more optimistic outlook. Overall, it shows, fisheries in the region are in a healthier state than they are globally, with fewer stocks overfished and many more underfished.
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1 month ago |
news.mongabay.com | Keith Anthony Fabro
Overfishing in Southeast Asia’s coastal waters is a long-standing concern, but recent research suggests a more optimistic outlook, with 43% of marine stocks classified as underfished — 3.6 times higher than the global average. The study, covering stocks across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, highlights the region’s relatively abundant fisheries, particularly among pelagic species, 63% of which are underfished.
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1 month ago |
news.mongabay.com | Keith Anthony Fabro
The global agarwood trade heavily depends on wild-harvested endangered tree species, despite international regulations for protection, with significant volumes going undocumented in official trade records, a new study reveals. About 70% of the trade depend on Aquilaria filaria and Aquilaria malaccensis, both threatened species, sourced from the wild, raising major sustainability concerns.
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2 months ago |
news.mongabay.com | Rebecca Kessler |Keith Anthony Fabro
Fewer than 150 critically endangered Malayan tigers (Panthera tigris jacksoni) remain in the wild, and poaching for the illegal wildlife trade poses a major threat to their survival. A new study links human trafficking to Malayan tiger poaching, tracing how indebted Vietnamese migrant workers in Malaysia enter the illegal wildlife trade, and how network managers and fishing boat captains smuggle tiger parts to Vietnam by boat.
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