Call for ban on fishing in third of UK waters to save species from extinction

A report published by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution on 7 December 2004 calls for a third of the United Kingdom's waters to be declared marine reserves to protect fish stocks from possible extinction.

Greenpeace: Press Release: UK commission findings - a wake up call to the crisis in our oceans, 7.12.04 http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/press/release?item_id=672857&campaign_id=3939

BBC News: Fish areas 'need drastic action', 7.12.04 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4072503.stm

Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution: Marine environment: Environmental effects of marine fisheries: 25th Report: Turning the tide - addressing the impact of fisheries on the marine environment http://www.rcep.org.uk/reports/25-marine/25-marine.htm

Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution: Press Release: Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution launches twenty-fifth report, 'Turning the tide: addressing the impact of fisheries on the marine environment', 7.12.04 http://www.rcep.org.uk/reports/25-marine/25-marine.htm

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