Feature story - 22 January, 2007
Last Friday, we released our report Trading Away Our Oceans. At 74 pages, the report turned out to be weighty. But its message is simple: trade liberalization is bad for fish and for communities dependent on fish.
Frozen tuna at fishmarkets, Tokyo.
We didn't make this up. The report uses available data from
official bodies such as the OECD and the EU. Looking at these
figures it's obvious that trade liberalization of fisheries would
lead to more over-fishing and would undermine food security in
developing countries.
The paper shows howfurther liberalization will speed up the pace
of over-fishing, furtherincrease unsustainable aquaculture
production, and have generallydevastating consequences for fish,
the wider marine environment,developing countries and the one
billion poor people worldwide whodepend on fish as their primary
source of protein. The evidence forthis from case studies and
projections carried out by differentorganizations is
overwhelming.
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Download the full "Trading Away Our Oceans" report
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