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February 23, 2018

A ‘sobering' look at the scale of global fishing

  • Five countries — China, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea — were responsible for 85 percent of high seas fishing.
    • By SETH BORENSTEIN
    AP Science Writer

    WASHINGTON — Scientists tag sharks to see where they roam in the high seas, but until now they couldn't track the seas' biggest eater: Humans.

    By using ships' own emergency beacons, researchers got the first comprehensive snapshot of industrial fishing's impacts around the globe. And it's huge — bigger than scientists thought, according to a new study.


     
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