UN study reveals state of world's fisheries: Greenpeace has the solution

Yesterday, at an obscure United Nations meeting, some distressing news came from a gathering of policy-makers, scientists and diplomats in Rome. The Food and Agricultural Organisation is convening in Italy and yesterday put forward their most recent State of the World’s Fisheries and Aquaculture report. Unfortunately, the state of the world’s fisheries is pretty dismal.

In just ten years, the global trade in fish and fish products has nearly doubled in value. More than half (55%) of fish product exports come from developing nations and are bound for plates in rich countries.

The proportion of fish stocks estimated to be healthy has declined from 40 percent in the mid-1970s to 15 percent in 2008.
At the same time, the proportion of fish stocks that are in trouble increased from 10 percent in 1974 to 32 percent in 2008.
The global demand for seafood is only going to increase, which is why we need to make sure that our oceans are healthy and can continue to sustain life on earth and feed the world’s people. This FAO report confirms what we’ve known to be true for years: that we’re simply running out of fish and that our oceans are already becoming exhausted.



But- There is a way out! There is an answer! Oceans-saving marine reserves!

Source:Greenpeace International