News Headline

Billions in Subsidies Prop up Unsustainable Overfishing

Source
Inter Press Service News Agency

Publication Date
2012-11-08

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 2012 (IPS) - Calls are mounting for the world’s big fishing powers to stop subsidising international fleets that use destructive methods like bottom trawling in foreign coastal waters, drastically reducing the catch of local artisanal fishers who use nets and fishing lines.

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http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/billions-in-subsidies-prop-up-unsustainable-overfishing/