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New Scientist was founded in 1956, this internationally-focused weekly British magazine aims at giving readers exhaustive information on recent worldwide developments in science from a scientific,...
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arl Safina, a marine biologist, is president of the Blue Ocean Institute, an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University, and a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of the award-winning books Song of...
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According to a recent and very comprehensive scientific report published by the University of Stanford, 34% of the world’s fish stocks are completely depleted since 1950 and no longer offer possibilities of expansion. Forecasts drawn up by researches over the past four years even predict an exponential decrease in fish stocks, which will lead to the total extinction by 2050 of fish species specifically for consumption if the pressure on fish stocks continues at its current rate.
The World Watch Institute has published alarming figures even though,,according to the organization, fishery exploitation in oceans, fresh water, and at sea has stabilized considerably over the last few years.
According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), three main causes explain the decline of these resources: the improvement of fishing techniques; free access of ships and the overcapacity of these ships and their equipment as well as incidental catching of non-targeted species that are thrown back into the sea. In addition, fishery is a sector that is largely subsidized by numerous governments throughout the world. Thus, these funds enable fishermen to continue their activities, even though they are no longer profitable. The World Wild Fund (WWF) denounces this problem as well as the poor management of these resources throughout the world, which, according to the organization, has significantly contributed to the depletion and weakening of the world’s fish resources.
Experts from the University of Stanford advocate, among other things, the pressing need to protect areas where fish spawn and reproduce, the creation of marine reserves and establishment of marine protected areas closed to fishing, as well as the banning of deep-sea fishing and drift nets. Lester R. Brown, the famous environmentalist, also insists on the necessity of rapidly creating a worldwide network of marine reserves, in order to guarantee species protection and eventually “increase the annual oceanic fishing rate” while creating employment.
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