It might look like a pickle or simply a brownish lump, but don’t let the unassuming appearance of a sea cucumber fool you. For the coastal ecosystems of the Philippines, the cucumbers are critical for marine life, local economies, and food supplies. But overfishing in the 1970s and ’80s depleted their populations, throwing entire ecosystems…
Debate has intensified over whether Hong Kong should lift its restrictions on Japanese seafood imports after tests of seawater conducted by mainland China from near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant indicated marine life was not being harmed. The results came from samples collected last October when Chinese scientists were given access under international…
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