Coastal communities in developing countries cannot be food secure because 78% of fishing in their Exclusive Economic Zones is by vessels of rich nations, a new study shows. A whopping 97% of all high seas industrial fishing comes from developed nation’s vessels. The new study reveals the global dominance of industrial fishing by wealthy nations.
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/8/eaau2161
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