Countries bordering the North Pacific Ocean have struck a deal that environmentalists said Monday will help protect 16.1 million square miles of ocean floor from a destructive technique called bottom trawl fishing. The agreement calls for the creation of an organization to manage sea bottom fisheries in the North Pacific, and puts an immediate cap on expansion of bottom trawl fishing in international waters stretching from Hawaii to Alaska.
Green Marine
about 15 years ago
Deal reached to manage fishing in Northeast Pacific
Countries bordering the North Pacific Ocean have struck a deal that environmentalists said Monday will help protect 16.1 million square miles of ocean floor from a destructive technique called bottom trawl fishing. The agreement calls for the creation of an organization to manage sea bottom fisherie
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