African fish stocks in danger

Last week Greenpeace launched a new document, Trading Away Our Oceans, which uses official data from government sources to show that further trade liberalization of fisheries is a disaster for marine environment and fish stocks, especially in developing country.

The document is launched at the World Social Forum in Nairobi and just few days before trade ministers will meet at the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland.

“The message from Nairobi to Davos is crystal clear: Plans for unbridled liberalization of the global fish trade must be abandoned at once in light of the serious negative social and environmental impacts of over exploitation that would follow,” said Daniel Mittler, Trade Policy Advisor at Greenpeace International. “If Davos sets the path to move global trade liberalization forward, our oceans and the long-term food security of billions of people will pay the price”.

Learn more here, or download the document in .pdf here.