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FAO alerts on sea species in dange UNITED NATIONS (6 March 2007) PL - Experts from the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO) warn that a quarter of high quality sea species are exhausted or over-exploited. A declaration issued Tuesday by FAO Deputy General Chairman Ichiro Nomura said that 66 per cent of such high quality fish as hake, grouper, herring and red tuna are in danger. "These species only represent a small part of the world's ocean resources, but they a clear indicator of the current condition of the ocean's ecosystem," Nomura stated. Nomura referred to a FAO report presented Monday in Rome, saying that the most affected zones are the Atlantic Ocean and the south-east Pacific. The report also said that almost 70 per cent of the species are over-exploited in the open sea tuna fishing zones. Fishing potential in the open sea is at its crest, so it is necessary to restore some fish populations and stop the decline of other species.

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