Article Archive for 4 April 2007
Twenty of World’s 162 Grouper Species Threatened With Extinction
Posted in Endangered & Extinction on 4 April 2007
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Posted in Endangered & Extinction on 4 April 2007
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Conservation International The first comprehensive assessment of the world’s 162 species of grouper, a culinary favorite and important commercial fish, found that 20 are threatened with extinction unless proper management or conservation measures are introduced. Eight species previously were listed by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as under extinction threat, and the new assessment proposes [...]
