Word: tuna
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Growing Backlash Roads and bridges aren't enough to placate locals, whose tenacious attachment to their ancestral land is mystifying to Chinese schooled in the communist principle of state ownership. At Ganglau village, a collection of shacks fronting a bay teeming with dolphins and tuna, community elder Mou Bilang complains that most villagers haven't been compensated for the loss of land once used to plant cash crops, save a $125 "dust payment" issued as an apology for the dirt the project has kicked up. "The Chinese promised us free electricity, free water supply, free job training for our boys...
...Threat to Tuna Kudos for the article on tuna fisheries and the huge dangers of overfishing [Nov. 9]. A major problem is human overpopulation. Our numbers are becoming so great that we are simply outstripping our resources. It cannot continue at this rate indefinitely without catastrophic results. Gary Tackman Escanaba, Mich...
...enough that we have the pollution and ghost nets that kill our marine life. I wasn't aware the loss of tuna would set the ocean's ecosystem out of balance. Thanks for the list "What You Can Do." Nature can rebound if given a chance. Donna Snow Olympia, Wash...
...Threat of Tuna Extinction Kudos for the article on tuna fisheries and the huge dangers of overfishing [Nov. 16]. A major problem is overpopulation. Our numbers are becoming so great that we are simply outstripping our resources. Gary Tackman, ESCANABA, MICH...
...enough that we have the pollution and ghost nets that kill our marine life. I wasn't aware the loss of tuna would set the ocean's ecosystem out of balance. Thanks for the list "What You Can Do." Nature can rebound if given a chance. Donna Snow, OLYMPIA, WASH...