Tag:overfishing

Conservation

Overfishing puts local livelihoods, shark populations at risk in Congo

Congolese artisanal fishers are increasingly turning to shark fishing because of increased scarcity of other stocks overfished by industrial fisheries, a recent study has...

Michael Simire - August 17, 2020

Marine

World Oceans Day: West, Central Africa face food insecurity from overfishing

Inger Andersen, Director-General of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in a messeage to observe the World Oceans Day, discloses that...

admin - June 9, 2017

Conservation

Overfishing, reef decline threaten Pacific, Caribbean island fisheries – IUCN

Overfishing and the degradation of coral reefs across the Caribbean and Pacific islands are pushing many fish, including food sources like tunas and groupers,...

admin - June 8, 2017

Marine

How overfishing and climate change intensify ocean threats

Millions of people and billions of dollars depend on healthy oceans, but human actions create complex interactions that endanger oceans The combination of overfishing and...

Michael Simire - August 18, 2015