Fishing the High Seas Is Unprofitable and Destructive: Ban It and Save Our Shared Ocean

 

Drs. Rashid Sumaila and Daniel Pauly have started a petition regarding the Treaty of the High Seas, which is reconvening talks on February 20^th. Essentially, they are asking the BBNJ to ban fishing on the High Seas.

The open letter, directed to António Guterres (Secretary General of the United Nations) and others, can be found here: https://www.change.org/p/fishing-the-high-seas-is-unprofitable-and-destructive-ban-it-and-save-our-shared-ocean.

They are inviting “World Scientists and Global Citizens” to sign the petition.

The more signatures they can get on this – the more of attention will be paid to it by media… and the more word will spread.

https://www.change.org/p/fishing-the-high-seas-is-unprofitable-and-destructive-ban-it-and-save-our-shared-ocean.

Regards,-

IOF Communications

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Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Faculty of Science, The University of British Columbia

Located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People

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