Day 17 of #33species brings us a cautionary fisheries tale! In the - TopicsExpress



          

Day 17 of #33species brings us a cautionary fisheries tale! In the 1970s over 500,000 tonnes of Marbled Rockcod were harvested in just two years, causing the population to collapse. Fortunately in 1982, the @Commission for Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) was signed by 14 countries, establishing rules and a management framework for fisheries around Antarctica. Unfortunately the population never recovered. We now want to introduce the largest network of marine parks and reserves around Antarctica. To support, sign: antarcticocean.org/
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 07:53:54 +0000

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