Japan cleans the sea

[Taro Toporific]

Sorry Charlie, we're the Killers-of-the-Sea(tm)...

Report says tuna stocks down 90% since 1952, Japan blamed
Daily Yomiuri, Japan - May 15
... Ransom Myers, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, pointed a finger of blame at Japan, attributing the practice of long-line fishing ...

[DJEB]

Net losses: Industrialized fishing hits fish stocks

Analysis of data from five ocean basins reveals a dramatic decline in numbers of large predatory fish (tuna, blue marlins, swordfish and others) since the advent of industrialized fishing. The world's oceans have lost over 90% of large predatory fish, with potentially severe consequences for the ecosystem. These findings provide indirect support for goals established at the UN's World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg last year. UN officials argued that three-quarters of the world's fisheries were fished to their sustainable limits or beyond, and made proposals for the restoration of depleted fisheries by 2015. Data on predatory fish are important as they are not dependent on datasets from commercial fisheries, which can be unreliable.

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