The regulatory bodies charged with managing and conserving fisheries across two-thirds of the world’s oceans are threatening marine ecosystems by significantly underperforming, according to an analysis published last month and ahead of the official introduction of the UN High Seas Treaty, a legislative tool that will require deeper collaboration a network of Regional Fisheries Management Organisation.
Published in the scientific journal, Environmental Research Letters, and led by researchers from the Nicholas School of the Environment, the study warns that biodiversity in the high seas in is a worrying state of decline, driven primarily by industrial fishing activities including overfishing and the use of destructive fishing gear.
Original Article: Global fisheries bodies 'falling short' ahead of High Seas Treaty
