Governments failed to stop overfishing: etc.

[Guest guest]

The blame is equally on those people who

consume fish (creating the market demand

for it).

 

These article writers are avoiding the issue

of vegetarianism; and " failed " in getting

to this deeper environmental issue (vegetarianism

and it good effect on the environment).

 

The solution for the fisheries is vegetarianism. Let

them write that.

 

tev

 

--- Rick Stevens <ecology1st2004 wrote:

 

> Governments failed to stop overfishing: study Thu

> May

> 18, 8:24 PM ET

>

>

>

> GENEVA (Reuters) - Governments worldwide have failed

> to prevent overfishing in the oceans, where a

> proliferation of bottom-trawling threatens to wipe

> out

> deep sea species, conservation groups WWF and

> Traffic

> said on Friday.

>

>

> The environmentalists said the existing system of

> regional fisheries regulation, meant to control the

> depletion of ocean life, had responded slowly to new

> threats and done little to enforce fishing quotas or

> rebuild vulnerable stocks.

>

> Their report, released ahead of a New York meeting

> on

> the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement, argued

> that controls needed to be reinforced to prevent

> further damage to marine ecosystems and future food

> supplies.

>

> " Given the perilous overall state of marine

> fisheries

> resources and the continuing threats posed to the

> marine environment from over-fishing and damaging

> fishing activity, the need for action is immediate, "

> said Simon Cripps, director of the World Wildlife

> Fund's global marine program.

>

> Illegal fishing " by highly mobile fleets under the

> control of multinational companies " was cited in the

> report as one of the top threats to the

> sustainability

> of marine life. Governments were also at fault for

> not

> respecting limits.

>

> " Vast over-capacity in authorized fleets,

> over-fishing

> of stocks ... the virtual absence of robust

> rebuilding

> strategies ... and a lack of precaution where

> information is lacking or uncertain are all

> characteristic of the management regimes currently

> in

> place, " it said.

>

> Stocks of some deep sea species, such as the orange

> roughy, have collapsed in the last decade as

> regulators failed to respond to an expansion of

> bottom-trawling in deep waters.

>

> Despite the failure of groups like the Northwest

> Fisheries Organization to stop overfishing -- a

> practice that can destroy marine life, cut off food

> supplies and eliminate jobs -- WWF and Traffic said

> regional blocs could achieve conservation goals.

>

> Their report urged more cooperation between

> regulators

> and stricter environmental rules to " prevent empty

> oceans, empty plates and lost livelihoods in the

> future. "

 

 

“Until he extends his circle of compassion to all

living things, man will not himself find peace. "

--Albert Schweitzer