Tag Archives: tuna stocks
WCPFC meeting stirs dissatisfaction
Several non-government organisations as well as members of the Parties of the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have shown dissatisfaction at the results of the Western and Central Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) 11th session in Samoa. Read the rest here 12:45
Exposed; “The Devolution of the Seas,”, Alan Sielen opts for outdated and refuted information on tuna stocks
WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) — February 24, 2014 — Writing in an essay originally published in Foreign Affairs, (“The Devolution of the Seas,” November/December 2013) Alan Sielen, a Senior Fellow for International Environmental Policy at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, paints a dire picture of the state of the world’s oceans, claiming that “humanity has come perilously close to reversing the almost miraculous biological abundance of the deep.” But in his highly selective and misleading portrayal of the current state of fisheries management, Mr. Sielen gets several key facts wrong, and recirculates ideas that are either highly disputed or have been thoroughly refuted by the marine science community. Read more here 18:52
