Overfishing is at present still the most disruptive threat to functioning marine and coastal ecosystems. Since the developments with adapting and deploying military technology at industrial scale in combination with massive public subsidies overfishing is no longer localised but brings down global production of wild fish since the mid-1990s.
A few more highlights from UNOC3
Intense conversations, great initiatives, a fantastic festive atmosphere in the public Green Zone of the UN Ocean Conference and much stiffer terms in the governments' [...]
