Rashid Sumaila: Global Ocean Commission gives world leaders a five- year window for intervention before overfishing and climate change negatively impact the world’s food supply, clean air, and climate stability Story Transcript JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Jessica Desvarieux in Baltimore. Oceans are on the brink of collapse. That’s […]
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Dr. Rashid Sumaila is professor and director of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit in the Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia. Sumaila has authored over 150 journal articles; including in Science and Nature and won awards including the 2013 American Fisheries Society Excellence in Public Outreach, the Stanford Leopold Leadership Fellowship and the Pew Marine Fellowship; and has given talks at the UN Rio+20, the WTO, the White House, the Canadian Parliament and the British House of Lords. He is a lead author on the 'High Seas and Us' report, commissioned by the Global Ocean Commission.
