Talkback: Getting to the bottom of the fish crisis

Talkback: Getting to the bottom of the fish crisis

China, H.Kong 12 September 2008 -

Source: CNN.com
It seemed like a bolt from the blue. At the beginning of September the Hong Kong government announced it was considering banning all bottom trawling activities in its waters, effectively putting around 600 local trawler operations out of business.
The government says it wants to tackle the pressing issue of rapidly declining fish populations so that it can rejuvenate the local fishing industry and make it sustainable.

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