Source: UNCTAD
Original Date Posted: 6/8/2020
The world celebrates Oceans Day on 8 June, but we all depend on the ocean and its resources every day for jobs, food and economic prosperity. Our ocean’s resources sustain the livelihoods of 3 billion people. More than 80% of the goods we consume are transported over water. The trade in fish and seafood products generates over $150 billion annually. And coastal tourism has become a major source of revenue and jobs for many vulnerable island nations. But the constant movement of ships has harmed our seas, mass tourism has placed huge pressure on some of the planet’s richest and most fragile ecosystems – like mangroves and coral reefs – and industrial fishing has left about 34% of global fish stocks below biologically sustainable levels.
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