New maps reveal industrial fishing in over half of world’s oceans

Mongabay
Feb 24, 2018, 12:49 am312 pts
Industrial fishing takes place across more than 55 percent of the world’s oceans, according to a new study published in Science. Fishing is vital for food security and livelihoods across the globe, yet the extent of industrial fishing has remained largely unknown. Now, a team of researchers has tried to…

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