Over 80 percent of fisheries overfished: report

GENEVA (AFP) – More than 80 percent of the world’s fisheries are at risk from over-fishing and the World Trade Organisation must act urgently to scrap unsustainable subsidies, lobby group Oceana said Monday.

“The world’s fishing fleets can no longer expect to find new sources of fish,” said Courtney Sakai, senior campaign director at Oceana.

“If the countries of the world want healthy and abundant fishery resources, they must improve management and decrease the political and economic pressures that lead to overfishing.”

Based on data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, the report found that only 17 percent of the world’s known fish stocks are under-exploited or moderately exploited.

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