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New UN-backed survey reveals ‘alarming’ damage to world’s high seas and marine ecosystems

New UN-backed survey reveals ‘alarming’ damage to world’s high seas and marine ecosystems

Jul 15, 2016, at 04:00 am

New York, July 14 (Just Earth News): More than half of the world’s fragile coral reefs are under threat and most of our major fish stocks are now overexploited, according to the latest global assessments on the state of world’s high seas and large marine ecosystems launched on Thursday by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.