The Ecologist: Stop fishing the high seas, say scientists, for climate and ecology
Fish from the high seas are too valuable to be eaten, as they lessen climate change through the carbon they carry down to the ocean depths. The carbon benefits are worth $150 billion every year – almost ten times the value of high seas fish landings. Life in the deep seas absorbs 1.5 billion tonnes […]
National Geographic: Global Ocean Commission calls for sweeping international reforms
An international panel of former heads of state, government ministers and prominent business leaders is calling for world leaders to protect the ocean by adopting a sweeping five-year “rescue package.” The report released Tuesday by the Global Ocean Commission recommends that the United Nations and national governments restrict fishing in international waters, eliminate fishing subsidies, […]
10 Commitments from Our Ocean 2014
This summit witnessed some incredible commitments from global leaders that recognize the value of the world’s oceans and importance of improving management of ocean resources.
Phys.org: Report supports shutdown of all high seas fisheries
Fish and aquatic life living in the high seas are more valuable as a carbon sink than as food and should be better protected, according to research from the University of British Columbia. The study found fish and aquatic life remove 1.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, a service valued […]
VICE Motherboard: Deep Sea Fishing Threatens to Wipe Out a $150 Billion Carbon Sink
Marine life in the high seas soak up an amount of carbon equivalent to 30 percent of the US’s annual emissions. This carbon-sequestering service is worth about $148 billion a year, according a new study from the Global Ocean Commission At the same time, increased fishing activity threatens the whole process, according to the researchers. […]
FIS: High seas should be closed to all fishing, study suggests
Fish and aquatic life living in the high seas are more valuable as a carbon sink than as food and should be better protected, according to research from the University of British Columbia. The study found fish and aquatic life remove 1.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, a service valued […]
Scientific American: How Fish Cool Off Global Warming
Next time you eat fish for dinner, consider that your meal is probably worth more money as a carbon capture and storage device. By assigning a dollar value to carbon stored in ocean ecosystems, two recent scientific reports are attempting to make nations reconsider the true worth of their fishing activities. The first, a new […]