Following the Echo’s recent article about the issue, The End of the Line for Fish film (endoftheline.com) highlights the overfishing, destructive fishing and poor management of our oceans.
There is a call for us all to actively support restaurants and supermarkets serving only sustainable seafood.
We also urgently need to avoid actively endangered species such as the bluefin and bigeye tuna and the common skate.
The seas belong to us all, not just the fishing and oil companies and the politicians who listen to them.
Many thousands of people’s livelihoods depend on sustainable catches: is there a place for plaice on our plates?
Increasing acidification from the impacts of climate change, pollution and dead zones are also having negative impacts on the world’s seas.
It is heartening to see that a couple of local politicians have signed EDM 337 which calls for Marine Reserves in the Marine Bill. Current legislation shamefully does not provide for highly protected (no catch) marine reserves and the eco-systems approach to marine management.
Let’s demand that our laws are fit for porpoise!
Susan Chapman, Parkwood Road, Southbourne
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