Ov Fishing in the Atlantic

The first big fisheries were fished out to a very considerable extent in the early twentieth century. The most tragic arena for that right now is probably off the coast of africa, where you have a clutch of very feeble states with very bad governmants and high levels of corruption. And on the other hand, you have the might of the chinese long range fishing fleet, which is utterly ruthless, unscrupulous Takes everything in the catch, so they don't spare younger fish that are still maturing. They are backed by billions of dollars in subsidy. There is an imperative there to be serious an asking about the sustainability of fishing. Because that's the key issue going forward. We can