Tag: Dr Elliott Norse

• Friday, September 9th 2011 - 23:23 UTC

  Deep sea fishing is ‘unsustainable’; efforts should concentrate on ‘productive local waters’

  

  A team of marine scientists is urging an end to most commercial fishing in the deep sea and instead recommending fishing in more productive and local waters. In their analysis published online in the journal ‘Marine Policy’, the team shows that all deep-sea fisheries are unsustainable.