GLOBAL EYE – Here’s how fishing stifles the ocean’s ability to capture carbon (Harrison Tasoff, Futurity, World Economic Forum)

When fish die naturally, their bodies and the carbon they contain sink to the depths of the ocean.
Yet when fished, this carbon is released into the atmosphere as CO2.
As the world has overlooked the ability of fish to act as a natural carbon sink, scientists now estimate carbon emissions from fishing are 25% higher than previously believed.