Chilean sea bass in trouble. (South America).Activists have urged South American countries List of American countries Nations:
Current estimates predict total collapse of the fishery within five years and possibly as soon as two years. Toothfish are caught with longlines, a practice that has a high by-catch rate--often killing albatross and other seabirds. Chile is the world's largest producer of toothfish products. Around 80 percent of Chile's and Argentina's toothfish catch, worth up to $130 million a year, is exported to Japan and the US. Uruguay has boosted its catch from 163 tons in 1997 to 5,000 tons in 2001. Almost all of that catch is taken in high seas high seas In maritime law, the waters lying outside the territorial waters of any and all states. In the Middle Ages, a number of maritime states asserted sovereignty over large portions of the high seas. areas beyond Uruguay's national waters. Brazil and Peru plan to expand into the fishery in the near future. --TRAFFIC, www.seafoodchoices.org |
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