Best way to protect ocean fisheries? Let nations profit from them

Overfishing is a major problem for the world's oceans, but a strategy adopted nearly 50 years ago has helped protect fisheries: giving nations exclusive rights to waters 200 miles offshore and letting them police their own fish stocks.

Phys.org

Last updated on 16 November 2019

Type: 
Media Watch
Threats: 
Unsustainable fishing and harvesting aquatic resources
Species group: 
Birds