China, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and S Korea account for 85% global fishing efforts, says Science magazine

Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

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More than half of the world’s oceans are being commercially fished, spanning an area four times what is used for global agriculture, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The study is the first in-depth look at the global footprint of the industrial fishing industry. Read full article

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Enrique Massot
Nonsensical short-term greed leads to over-exploitation of anything that can be commercialized at a profit, with no regard for the long-term survival of the planet's ecosystems--in reality, for the survival of the planet itself as a life-harbouring entity.
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