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''The oceans 1.4 billion square miles, or about 71% of the earth’s surface...''  
''The oceans, 1.4 billion square miles, about 71% of the earth’s surface...''  


''The oceand, less than 5% of which has even been explored...''  
''The oceans, less than 5% of which has even been explored...''  


''Hundreds of millions of people depend on the oceans for their livelihood; more than a billion rely on fish as their primary source of nutrition. But today, threatened by illegal fishing, overfishing, and habitat destruction, the global fish population is in crisis; some species’ numbers have dropped by a staggering 90%. What’s worse, until very recently, the sheer vastness of the oceans meant that nobody could even measure much of this damaging activity, let alone do anything about it.''
''Hundreds of millions of people depend on the oceans for their livelihood; more than a billion rely on fish as their primary source of nutrition. But today, threatened by illegal fishing, overfishing, and habitat destruction, the global fish population is in crisis; some species’ numbers have dropped by a staggering 90%. What’s worse, until very recently, the sheer vastness of the oceans meant that nobody could even measure much of this damaging activity, let alone do anything about it.''

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Updates: (2017)


Nations will start talks to protect fish of the high seas


Global Fishing Watch / Beta 2.0

http://globalfishingwatch.org/map/

Tracking Illegal Fishing (2015)

https://environment.google/projects/fishing-watch/


The oceans, 1.4 billion square miles, about 71% of the earth’s surface...

The oceans, less than 5% of which has even been explored...

Hundreds of millions of people depend on the oceans for their livelihood; more than a billion rely on fish as their primary source of nutrition. But today, threatened by illegal fishing, overfishing, and habitat destruction, the global fish population is in crisis; some species’ numbers have dropped by a staggering 90%. What’s worse, until very recently, the sheer vastness of the oceans meant that nobody could even measure much of this damaging activity, let alone do anything about it.


Global Fishing Watch


https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Fishing_Watch



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