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December 2, 2009 · about 16 years ago

WTO urged to spin off fishing pact to protect seas

Marine scientists warned the World Trade Organisation on Tuesday that the world’s seas were in peril and called for a new WTO deal to discourage over-fishing. “The health of the world’s oceans is hanging in the balance,” they said in a letter to WTO chief Pascal Lamy, citing World Bank estimates tha

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Marine scientists warned the World Trade Organisation on Tuesday that the world’s seas were in peril and called for a new WTO deal to discourage over-fishing. “The health of the world’s oceans is hanging in the balance,” they said in a letter to WTO chief Pascal Lamy, citing World Bank estimates that $50 billion a year is lost globally to poor fisheries governance and over-exploitation.

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