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Africa: 'Plenty of Fish in the Sea'? Not Anymore, Say UN Experts in Nice
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Africa: 'Plenty of Fish in the Sea'? Not Anymore, Say UN Experts in Nice
At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the "catch of the day" wasn't a seabass or a red mullet - it was a figure: 35 per cent. That's the share of global fish stocks now being harvested unsustainably, according to a new UN report released Wednesday.
Active fisheries management has yielded positive results in many parts of the world's oceans. But the overall situation remains very serious, according to the most comprehensive review to date, which is being presented at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice.
Under the Azurean skies of the Mediterranean, the city of Nice is hosting this week the Third United Nations Conference on the Oceans (9–13 June 2025). An attractive framework for an alarming emergency: the health of the world's oceans is deteriorating at such a speed that the UN speaks of a "point of ecological rupture". Multiple pollutions, overexploitation, global warming, acidification of waters... alarm signals are accumulating. And with th…
‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice - Caribbean News Global
By Fabrice Robinet FRANCE, Nice – At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch of the day” wasn’t a seabass or a red mullet – it was a figure: 35 percent. That’s the share of global fish stocks now being harvested unsustainably, according to a new UN report released Wednesday. As yachts bobbed gently and delegates streamed by in a rising tide of lanyards and iPads at Port Lympia, Nice’s historic harbor, that statistic sent a ripple throu…
In a report published this Wednesday on the occasion of the Nice Oceans Summit, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) presents a contrasted picture of the situation of the large ocean areas, and a main message: the areas with effective scientific management systems offer high rates of sustainability. Based on data from 2,570 fisheries or fishing areas around the world, in the largest overall examination that has been done so far, the au…
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