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New UN-backed survey reveals ‘alarming’ damage to high seas and marine ecosystems

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UN News Centre

Publication Date
2016-07-14

14 July 2016 – More than half of the world’s fragile coral reefs are under threat and most of our major fish stocks are now overexploited, according to the latest global assessments on the state of world’s high seas and large marine ecosystems launched today by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.

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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54456#.V4je-KT2aUk