Galapagos sea life heads for crisis

摘要

Illegal fishing in the waters around the Galapagos threatens to destroy a marine ecosystem that is as unique biologically as the islands themselves. Jack Grove, a fish biologist and research associate at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, warned last week that industrial fishing fleets from mainland Ecuador, the US and the Far East are moving into the Galapagos marine reserve despite an official ban. They have little fear of being caught because there are no resources to police the ban. "As stocks fall, they are coming closer and closer to the shore," Grove told a meeting of the Galapagos Conservation Trust in London.