SDG 14: Life Below Water

Overfishing is a social injustice. To end it, we need to eliminate harmful fisheries subsidies.

Fish are seen being dried at a shoreside in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA. - GF10000391890

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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