Ocean Life Fading: What Can Be Done?

Creating uA…aˆ?national parks of the seauA‚A? may be the only effective way to reverse trends that have left 76 percent of world fish stocks fully- or over-exploited and marine biodiversity at severe risk, according to the new report, Oceans in Peril: Protecting Marine Biodiversity, released by the Worldwatch Institute. Marine reserves are essential to protect the biodiversity that maintains ecosystem integrity, say the reportus authors, Michelle Allsopp, Richard Page, Paul Johnston, and David Santillo. The four environmental experts call for a radical change in fisheries management, from a single-species approach to one that is ecosystem based and also includes the use of precautionary measures to tackle pollution and to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that are changing the temperature and chemistry of the oceans...