Popular species like grouper and wrasse could be gone from dining tables in decades as trade drives wild populations to the brink of collapse.The US$1 billion a year Live Reef Fish for Food Trade (LRFFT) is threatening the future of key reef predator species like grouper, coral trout and Napoleon wrasse, according to a recent study.The study - published by WWF, the Swire Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and ADM Capital Foundation - urges swift action towards regulating an industry that's decimating stocks of these species across the Coral Triangle, threatening poor communities that rely on the fishery for their livelihoods. Continue reading...
Report warns of dire future for Coral Triangle reef fish
10. února 2018 14:00
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2018/feb/10/report-warns-of-dire-future-for-coral-triangle-reef-fish
Zdroj: The Guardian