o observe International Oceans Day on June 8, Friend of the Sea® takes you deep underwater, revealing interesting and unknown facts about coral reefs; a precious yet endangered ecosystem found on the seabed. Read more…
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On the island of Pellestrina, a strip of land in the Venetian Lagoon between Lido and Chioggia, Andrea Vianello, along with two other partners, has been running the agricultural company Mareblu since 2014. Their specialty? The Mytilus galloprovincialis mussel, not only because it is the typical mussel of Pellestrina but also because it has recently […]
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Friend of the Sea®, a project of the World Sustainability Organization (WSO) has introduced its Sustainable Restaurants Certification to Ghana’s hospitality sector, through its collaboration with Ghanaian business development firm, Fort Group. According to Friend of the Sea criteria, the certification is obtainable to seafood and fish restaurants across the country which minimize their impact […]
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We produce a lot of plastic; that’s a fact. And it’s also a fact that plastic pollution has become one of our most pressing environmental issues. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, since 2000, plastic waste has more than doubled to 353 million metric tons. Also, less than 10% of the plastic […]
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While 7 out of 13 great whale species are on the trajectory to extinction given pervasive overfishing and being caught as ‘by-catch’, colliding with ships has been identified as the main threat to whales in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Oceans. Though ship collisions have been identified by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) as a significant […]
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Aquarium Rubrum is the first Italian alive red coral aquarium to obtain the International Friend of the Sea Sustainable Aquarium Certification. It is located inside the San Giacomo tower in Alghero, Sardinia (Italy) and the project comes from an idea of the artisan Davide Simula, in collaboration with the Marine Protected Area of Capo Caccia – Isola […]
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An Italian non-profit called the World Sustainability Organization (WSO) has introduced a new “Whale-Safe” certification program to certify freight and cruise ship companies that take steps to prevent whale collisions and deaths. Modeled off of “Dolphin-Safe” commercial labeling developed in the 1980s, the project is an expansion of WSO’s Friend of the Sea program, which certifies fisheries, aquaculture, and tourism […]
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Podcast | Radio Bunker FM 94.9 Argentina (spanish video) Entrevista a Paolo Bray con Radio Bunker FM Argentina _________________________________________FOLLOW US: SITE: https://friendofthesea.org/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/friendofthes…TWITTER: https://twitter.com/friendoftheseaLINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/frie…INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/friendofthe… CONTACT US: info@friendofthesea.org
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Seafood Souq was co-founded by Sean Dennis and Sheikh Fahim al Qasimi…
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Nigeria is highest exporter of Pangolin scales Cites #Pangolin #Scales
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