Are We Nearing the End of the Line for Edible Ocean Fish?
Tuesday 19 July 2011
by: Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
On July 16, The New York Times editorialized that the world's oceans are potentially on the verge of irreversible catastrophic collapse. Due to global warming and other factors, the marine ecosystems are being severely compromised.
One of the factors contributing to the degradation of our oceans is massive, industrial, commercial overfishing. The Times cites a report that many species of fish are "either vulnerable to extinction, endangered or critically endangered."
As reported in Truthout, the White House Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force is formulating a plan for a collaborative ocean policy. But it is a long way from a task force to implementation of enforceable international policies.
(More here.)
by: Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
On July 16, The New York Times editorialized that the world's oceans are potentially on the verge of irreversible catastrophic collapse. Due to global warming and other factors, the marine ecosystems are being severely compromised.
One of the factors contributing to the degradation of our oceans is massive, industrial, commercial overfishing. The Times cites a report that many species of fish are "either vulnerable to extinction, endangered or critically endangered."
As reported in Truthout, the White House Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force is formulating a plan for a collaborative ocean policy. But it is a long way from a task force to implementation of enforceable international policies.
(More here.)
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