Turning the Tide on Falling Fish Stocks
Credit: The end of the Line
New York, 17 May 2010-Investing around US$8 billion a year in rebuilding and greening the world’s fisheries could raise catches to 112 million tonnes annually while triggering benefits to industry, consumers and the global economy totalling US$1.7 trillion over the next 40 years.
These are among the findings of a new, landmark report being compiled by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and economists entitled the Green Economy- part of which was previewed today in New York.
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director, said today: “Fisheries across the world are being plundered, or exploited at unsustainable rates. It is a failure of management of what will prove to be monumental proportions unless addressed.”
“The lives and livelihoods of over half a billion people, linked with the health of this industry, will depend on the tough but also transformational choices Governments make now and over the years to come,” he added.
Read the Report Preview: http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=mTgu5KBOwiE%3d&tabid=1350&language=fr-FR
Tags: biodiversity, Oceans
