Chesapeake crabs: Engineering a rebound
A new strategy to selectively spare pregnant females has brought the Chesapeake Bay crab population back from a precipitous collapse in just 3 years.
Christopher Pala
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Canadian forest deal at risk
<p>Pact to preserve vast swathe of wilderness faces reluctance from industry and resistance from native groups.</p> <p>http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110330/full/471560a.html</p>
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Islands champion tuna ban
A bold move by eight Pacific island nations to preserve the world's last large stocks of tuna is expected to face strong resistance at a meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) near Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Pact protects Canadian forests
An unlikely coalition of logging companies and environmental groups has reached an agreement to protect more than 300,000 square kilometres of Canadian boreal forest