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Created and managed by Carnegie Council Senior Program Director and Senior Fellow William Vocke, Global Ethics Corner is a weekly 2 minute segment devoted to newsworthy ethical issues.
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Created and managed by Carnegie Council Senior Program Director and Senior Fellow William Vocke, Global Ethics Corner is a weekly 2 minute segment devoted to newsworthy ethical issues.
Transcript
Three-quarters of the world's fish stocks are in distress and many fisheries could collapse by midcentury, reports the UN.
In our manufactured world, wild species perhaps deserve special protection, first and foremost as a potentially sustainable resource.
We're a hungry world, nearing 7 billion today and peaking around 9 billion in a few decades. Access to quality protein is an ethical and developmental issue. Fish account for 20 to 30 percent of the total animal protein consumed in many poorer Sub-Saharan and Southeast Asian countries.
Additionally, all nations are not equal maritime powers. Some can't enforce commercial laws in their territorial waters. While industrial fishing is economically cost effective, industrial boats scour coastal waters leaving little behind for the local people who depend on the seas.
But, fish stocks are the real losers. Undesirables, noncommercial spe...
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