May 1, 2009

Ban fishing in a third of oceans?

Is this really becoming an option?
... it amazes me that the media is obsessed with a 'cold' while millions may die without proper regulations of over fishing or water quality - Yikes.

From the guardian
A third of the world's oceans must be closed to fishing if depleted stocks are to recover, scientists and conservation groups have warned. Such a measure could "set the clock back 200 years" and reverse the decline in fish populations, after which responsible fisheries management could regenerate the industry.

... the Common Fisheries Policy, which EU ministers admit has failed. It reveals that 88% of EU stocks are overfished (against a global average of 25%) while 30% are "outside safe biological limits" – meaning they cannot reproduce as normal because the parenting population is too depleted. In the North Sea, 93% of cod are fished before they have had a chance to breed.

"Populations of exploited species have increased five-, 10- or even 20-fold within five, 10 or 20 years."

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the guardian