Feature: Now Is Our Time

The Need for Sustainable Fisheries is Clear

Author: Caroline Higgins
Published: September 15, 2011 at 8:38 am
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Clearly, the fishing industry is in serious need of an over-haul. Half of the world's population relies on the ocean for its food source, while 80 percent of the ocean's fish stocks are fully or over exploited. Over 25 percent of what is caught is thrown back dead, in addition to 300,000 seabirds killed by current fishing practices each year.


 
 

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Caroline Higgins is a Technorati editor, social media connoisseur, and writer, which keeps her glued to the screen for the most part. She has a keen interest in the latest breaking news within the technical, science, entertainment, health and sporting worlds. …

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