Fishing in the High Seas

This past week for fishing in 2016 a map came out that you are able to tell how many fishes are being fished per minute in that square kilometer. You also are able too see %55 are industrial fishing. The 5 main countries are China which is %33, Taiwan is %21, Japan %15, South Korea %9 and lastly Spain %6. These countries are responsible for %85 of the fishing that is occurring. They are able to track over 700,000 fishing vessels. Also put this into perspective that %34 of land is being used for agriculture. Fishing is leaving such a huge footprint of this earth.

We as a society need to work on the impact we leave on the earth. Our foot print individually has a great impact on the earth. If we keep om fishing like we are the fish will not be able to populate enough. Also think about all the gas being used for those 700,000 vessels.    

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-mapping-shows-just-how-much-fishing-impacts-world-seas?tgt=nr

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  1. AnonymousMarch 6, 2018 at 3:55 PM

    This seems to be a very interesting article. I agree with you and I also think that we as a society need to be aware of overfishing and the impact it can have on ecosystems and the environment.

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