Fishing Fleets Operate Across 55 Percent of the World's Oceans

Yale e360
Feb 22, 2018, 2:52 pm99 pts
More than half of the world’s oceans are being commercially fished, spanning an area four times what is used for global agriculture, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The study is the first in-depth look at the global footprint of the industrial fishing industry. Read more on E360 →

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