Report supports shutdown of all high seas fisheries

Report supports shutdown of all high seas fisheries
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Jun 10, 2014 - Fish and aquatic life living in the high seas are more valuable as a carbon sink than as food and should be better protected, according to research from the University of British Columbia. The study found fish and aquatic life remove 1.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, a service valued at about $148 billion US. This dwarfs the $16 billion US paid for 10 mil ... morehttp://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Report_supports_shutdown_of_all_high_seas_fisheries_999.html