Global Ocean Commission Publishes Report on Ocean Resources

On June 24, 2014, the Global Ocean Commission published a report entitled From Decline to Recovery: A Rescue Package for the Global Ocean. According to this report, there are five key drivers of ocean decline: rising demand for resources; technological advances; decline of fish stocks; climate change; biodiversity and habitat loss; and weak high seas governance.

To shift from continued decline to a cycle of recovery and urge nations to effectively protect ocean resources, the report put forward a package of proposals. These proposals include: ensure that all fish stocks are being fished sustainably; protect vulnerable marine areas; reduce biodiversity loss; eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; and reduce by 50% quantities of plastic debris entering the marine environment.

The report calls on ending illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and improving tracking capacity of fishing on the high seas.

Click here to read report.