WWF Launches Bid To Save Southern Africa Fisheries

Fisheries in southern Africa face further decline unless a new approach to fishing is adopted, the World Wildlife Fund said on Wednesday at the launch of a report aimed at protecting the region's marine life. The WWF said industry should move away from its traditional reliance on "single species" conservation in which targeted populations, such as hake, were maintained without consideration for other species, such as sharks and seabirds. Some environmentalists believe that this approach is largely responsible for the poor state of oceans and the declining fish stocks seen in many parts of the world...