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February 29, 2008
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Reviving the World's Oceans
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
- Tags:
- carpetsharks, endangeredspecies, IUCN, newspecies, overfishing, redlist, shark, wobbegong
Researchers in Australia recently announced the discovery of two new species of wobbegong (or carpet) sharks, which they have named the "floral banded wobbegong" and "dwarf spotted wobbegong." As the name suggests, the dwarf spotted wobbegong is a smaller cousin...continued→
February 10, 2008
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Living Sustainably
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
- Tags:
- beluga, belugacaviar, belugasturgeon, caviar, overfishing
A few years ago, NRDC joined the caviar emptor campaign, an effort to save endangered sturgeon--particularly beluga sturgeon--from overfishing as a result of the caviar trade. Because of our efforts, beluga sturgeon was ultimately listed as a threatened species under...continued→
