A leading North American environmental group stepped up its push this week for an international moratorium on commercial fishing in the central Arctic Ocean.
In an appeal to countries around the world — but particularly to Canada and the four other Arctic coastal nations — the U.S.-based Pew Environment Group and its Nunavut offshoot Oceans North Canada are warning that retreating sea ice could trigger a potentially destructive fishing industry in international Arctic waters.
The group, which wants a “precautionary” global treaty signed to pre-empt overfishing and to ensure science-based management of any central Arctic Ocean fish resources, took its message to the International Marine Conservation Congress this week in Victoria, B.C..
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