Alaskan fisheries authority react quickly and close down commercial fishing

Interesting article passed to me by Alison Bradley (thanks Alison) points to a link between climate change and the stalled recovery of the 'overfished' cod fisheries in the North West Atlantic.

This link in a report by the University of Massachusetts, has led to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council making history by "summarily prohibited any bottom-trawl commercial fishing off the far north of Alaska past the Bering Strait — at least until scientists figure out the effects of sea ice retreat and warming."

The full story can be found HERE

The fast action of the Alaskan fisheries authorities should be applauded, fast and decisive action from scientific evidence is needed in many others areas, here's a few that immediately come to mind:

1. European fisheries in the North Sea and the Atlantic, near collapse.
2. WWF-HK's call for no catch zones in Hong Kong waters. Setting up of marine parks has seen little recovery
3. Bluefin tuna worldwide, a species now critically endangered.
4. The live fish trade in South East Asia, both due to unhealthy fishing practices and overfishing.
5. Shark finning, absolutely unsustainable.