London, UK (17 March 2021) A new study published in the prestigious peer-reviewed scientific journal
Nature today offers a combined solution to several of humanity s most pressing challenges. It is the most comprehensive assessment to date of where strict ocean protection can contribute to a more abundant supply of healthy seafood and provide a cheap, natural solution to address climate change in addition to protecting embattled species and habitats.
An international team of 26 authors identified
specific areas that, if protected, would safeguard over 80% of the habitats for endangered marine species, and increase fishing catches by more than eight million metric tons. The study is also the first to quantify the potential release of carbon dioxide into the ocean from trawling, a widespread fishing practice and finds that
The Head of Coastwatch in Ireland is calling on the public to get involved and help them spot potential pollution problems to stop them creating so much havoc.
Karin Dubsky was speaking after 16 kilometres of the Ounavarra River was affected by an oil spill on Thursday which posed a great danger to animals and flora in the north Wexford area.
It’s believed the spill originated near Ballycanew and has now been mostly contained however there will be long term effects for local wildlife
Karin, who is a Marine Ecologist based in the area says with a few extra eyes on the rivers, the damage caused could be minimised:
Fourteen Countries, Oregon State Work to Save the Oceans
December 17, 2020
“The ocean is neither too big to fail not too big to fix,” Oregon State University’s Dr. Jane Lubchenco said to
OSU Newsroom, “but it is too big and too central to our future to ignore.”
Norway, Palau, Portugal, Ghana, Namibia, Kenya, Chile, Mexico, Jamaica, Canada, Japan, Indonesia, Fiji and Australia might seem to be an unlikely group of nations to work a major change in how the human race makes use of the world’s oceans. Between them, though, those 14 countries have 40% of the world’s coastlines, 30% of all Exclusive Economic Zones, 20% of all ocean fisheries, and 20% of maritime shipping. Their territorial waters add up to a sea as large as Africa.