Fishing for Answers

February 29, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
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AlaskaReport, AK - Feb 25, 2008

 

A University of British Columbia Professor won a $150,000 three-year fellowship to document financial factors contributing to unsustainable commercial fishing around the world.  “With the award, Sumaila will create databases that detail the cost and ecological impact of commercial fishing that will form the basis for models to document the massive fiscal and environmental waste being caused by poor management of global ocean resources.”