9 April 2012
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Overfishing: worldwide depletion of fish stocks
Pessimistic models predict a catastrophic drop in stocks.
After a period of strong growth after the Second World War, fish production has stagnated around the 90 million tonne mark over the past fifteen or so years, and this despite technological progress and research into new stocks...
Monday9 April2012
By Fabian Blanchard (Ifremer Guyane) et du CRPMEM Guyane.
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9 April 2012
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At the break of dawn, and amidst many multicoloured wooden two-mast tapouilles facing the Mahury, we get on board the launch to Grand Connétable island nature reserve. Today we are going to visit the largest marine nature reserve in France's overseas territories.
In the days of sailing ships this island stood...
Monday9 April2012
Marine biodiversity issues at stake
With 11 million square kilometres of territorial waters, France has the second largest maritime area in the world, spread over four different oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Southern, and Indian oceans.
97% of these waters are associated with overseas territories, half of which is in French Polynesia.
There is...
Monday9 April2012
9 April 2012
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For a long while the oil* buried deep beneath the ocean bed seemed to be impossible to exploit for two main reasons: firstly because existing technologies did not make it possible to drill 3,000 metres beneath sea level, and secondly because it was difficult to see how these deposits could...
Monday9 April2012