UBC Identifies Areas Where Fishing May Trump Conservation

摘要

Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have identified global conservation hot spots where commercial fishing interests outweigh conservation concerns.The highest-risk areas are Canada's northeastern coast, Mexico's Pacific coast, Peru's coast, the South Pacific (particularly offshore New Zealand),Africa's southern and southeastern coasts and the Antarctic region. They are the most biologically and economically vulnerable to overfishing, the researchers said.