‘Nobel Prize for Environment’ Awarded to Ocean Whistleblowers Calling for High Seas Fishing Ban
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水曜日, 2月 22, 2023
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“A high seas fishing ban is one of the most effective ways to reverse the damage inflicted on the ocean through decades of unsustainable overfishing, mostly at the hands of wealthy Western countries,” Pauly said.
Key Points:
- “A high seas fishing ban is one of the most effective ways to reverse the damage inflicted on the ocean through decades of unsustainable overfishing, mostly at the hands of wealthy Western countries,” Pauly said.
- He and Pauly have also co-authored a Change.org petition , encouraging others to add their voice to the call for a ban on high seas fishing.
- “Banning fishing on the high seas – it’s good for biodiversity, it’s good economically, it’s good for global food security.
- “For the 50th anniversary of the Tyler Prize we honor two champions of ocean sustainability – Dr. Daniel Pauly and Dr. Rashid Sumaila.