MSC: Over-fishing depriving 72 million people of food

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The Marine Stewardship Council warns that a growing population and increased demand for seafood are set to place even greater pressure on the world's ravaged fish stocks

Over-fishing is robbing the world's poor of sufficient protein to feed 72 million people, a new study published today by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has warned. The report estimates that, if...

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