Ocean Sentry
(From the-news.net)- European Union countries have this week launched joint sea patrols in the fight against over-fishing of endangered species. In its biggest over-fishing campaign yet, it is coordinating the deployment of some 50 patrol boats, 16 aircraft and 30 inspectors to the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic, to ease the pressure on the endangered bluefin tuna.
The EU is the world’s third largest producer in the fishing and aquaculture sector and a major exporter of high-value fish products.
Most EU catches are made in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean.
