The Ecosystem Approach - protecting marine life in all its forms

In November 2006, an international group of ecologists and economists, led by Professor Boris Worm of Dalhousie University, published a study in Science that brought the extent of this degradation into stark relief. Looking at marine biodiversity on a global scale, the study shows that loss of marine biodiversity is drastically reducing the ocean’s ability to produce seafood, resist diseases, filter pollutants and rebound from stresses such as over-fishing and climate change. The team’s projection that all commercial and seafood species are on the brink of collapse was shocking enough to make news headlines across the world.