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, […]