An ever-growing human population hungry for fish (and employment) - TopicsExpress



          

An ever-growing human population hungry for fish (and employment) means fishing piracy is a big, big problem. The marine life around Cocos Island off Costa Rica is among the richest on Earth. But these extraordinary riches are being plundered by illegal fishing, with many sharks, rays, turtles and mantas among the devastating collateral damage of longline tuna fishing. It is part of a global illegal fishing crisis worth $10-23 Billion a year that results in 100 million sharks killed every year. More on population and food: populationmatters.org/issues-solutions/natural-resources/food/
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 17:01:15 +0000

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