Overfishing is a social injustice. To end it, we need to eliminate harmful fisheries subsidies.
Every year, $22 billion is spent to subsidize overfishing, which overexploits the ocean's resources and puts food and job security at risk. Image: REUTERS/Stringer
Peter Thomson
UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean and Co-Chair, Friends of Ocean Action
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