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Agriculture & Rural Development - Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform
The Economic Health of Fisheries The focus on the declining biological health of the world’s fisheries has tended to obscure the even more critical economic health of the fisheries. Economically, healthy fisheries are fundamental to achieving not only the restoration of fish stocks but other accepted objectives for the fisheries sector, such as improved livelihoods, exports, fish food security and economic growth. When fish stocks are fully exploited in the biological sense, the associated fisheries are almost invariably performing below their economic optimum.
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23/03/2012 Strengthening the rules on ship recycling The Commission proposes tighter laws to ensure ships are only recycled in environmentally sound facilities that are safe for workers. The aim is to reduce accident rates, health risks and pollution. New rules to better protect workers abroadWorld business, finance and political news from the Financial Times? FT.com Europe
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The Wall Street firm, which was publicly criticized a few weeks ago by one of its own for running roughshod over the interests of clients – dubbed “muppets” in internal speak – in the pursuit of profit, has now pulled off what looks like the trade of the year. But this one comes at the expense of its own shareholders. Commentary
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