Ending overfishing, shifting to low impact fisheries and recovering marine megafauna such as whales, restores biodiversity and the ecosystems they rely on, enhancing the climate resilience of the ocean. Healthy abundant marine biomass will result in reductions in CO2 emissions from fishing fleets.
SPEAKERS:
Rebecca Hubbard, Our Fish, Astrid Fuchs, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Melanie Virtue, Convention on Migratory Species Julika Tribukait, World Wildlife Fund for Nature
CO-ORGANIZERS:
Seas at Risk (SAR)
Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC)