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U.S. President George W. Bush joined a chorus of conservationist voices Tuesday by calling for a halt to all types of destructive fishing practices, such as bottom trawling, in international waters.
Bush sent a memo to the secretaries of state and commerce, directing them to promote "sustainable" fisheries and to oppose any fishing practices "that destroy the long-term natural productivity of fish stocks or habitats, such as seamounts, corals and sponge fields, for short-term gain."
On Tuesday, U.S. President George W. Bush called for a halt to all types of destructive fishing on the high seas.
Bush also said the U.S. will work with other nations and international groups to change fishing practices and create new international fishery regulatory groups, if needed.
The directive comes one day before the start of United Nations negotiations in New York over high-seas fishing.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/03/bottom-trawling-bush.html
Bush doesn't deserve credit for this declaration but he does deserve credit for adding the voice of the US to try and mitigate the devastation done to the world's oceans. Hopefully, this is something the countries of the world can finally agree on and start the slow healing of the oceans.
Or maybe he read conservation as conservative and got confused.
Bush sent a memo to the secretaries of state and commerce, directing them to promote "sustainable" fisheries and to oppose any fishing practices "that destroy the long-term natural productivity of fish stocks or habitats, such as seamounts, corals and sponge fields, for short-term gain."
On Tuesday, U.S. President George W. Bush called for a halt to all types of destructive fishing on the high seas.
Bush also said the U.S. will work with other nations and international groups to change fishing practices and create new international fishery regulatory groups, if needed.
The directive comes one day before the start of United Nations negotiations in New York over high-seas fishing.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/03/bottom-trawling-bush.html
Bush doesn't deserve credit for this declaration but he does deserve credit for adding the voice of the US to try and mitigate the devastation done to the world's oceans. Hopefully, this is something the countries of the world can finally agree on and start the slow healing of the oceans.
Or maybe he read conservation as conservative and got confused.