WWF welcomes new legislation to ban trawling in Hong Kong
May 23, 2011 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter
Does anyone know if trawling is banned in Singapore waters?
Banning trawling will allow a living habitat of soft corals, sponges and numerous bottom-dwelling creatures on the seabed to regrow — which will in return support numerous seafood species popular among Hong Kong people. Top fisheries scientists have predicted that just five years after the implementation of the trawling ban (and commercial fishing in marine parks), populations of squid and cuttlefish will increase by 35 percent and that of reef fish by 20 percent. Populations of larger fish, such as groupers and croakers, will surge by 40 to 70 percent as well.
via WWF
Eating sharks’ fins for Chinese New Year is bad luck
OK, we made that up. But so are dozens of customs that purport to usher prosperity and longevity into our lives.
The fact of the matter is this – sharks’ fins do not add any flavour to your soup – it’s the other ingredients that make the soup taste what it tastes like. Stay away from it, and the whole marine eco-system will thank you for it, and you never know, you might be making your own luck by doing just that.
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Singapore is 2nd biggest trader of sharks’ fins.
Are you from the ‘Age of Stupid’ ?
June 18, 2010 by green team
Filed under Events, Green Reporter
Join us for a screening of the acclaimed documentary ‘The Age of Stupid’ by Director Franny Armstrong starring Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: “Why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?”
The film was released in 2009 and became one of the most talked-about films of the year.
In partnership with NTUC FairPrice, Young NTUC and with the support of the British High Commission:
Venue: NTUC Auditorium
Date: 24 June
Time: 7.00pm registration, 7.30pm film starts
Limited seats available, please RSVP to rsvp@wwf.sg by June 18th.
