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Accidents highlight risks for Antarctic fishery |
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Environmental campaigners are again calling for a clampdown on fishing
in one of the world’s most remote and untouched oceans after two ships
suffered serious accidents in the icy waters. The accidents — in which a
number of crew are believed to have died — carry a pollution risk as
well as raising questions over whether any fishing should be allowed in
the Ross Sea, near Antarctica.
The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) says that the incidents show that controversial attempts to exploit toothfish found in the sea are leading vessels into danger and threatening the environment. Read the complete story from Nature News Blog
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Monterey Bay's historic "wetfish" industry is under attack by extremist groups who claim overfishing is occurring. Touting studies with faulty calculations, activists are lobbying federal regulators to massively limit fishing, if not ban these fisheries outright. Apparently the facts don’t matter to groups with an anti-fishing agenda
