Intl Cooperation Sought to Protect Jumbo Squid
China's voluntary high seas moratorium seeks to safeguard the critical fishery resource
The jumbo flying squid, or Dosidicus gigas, is a critical fishery resource and the most harvested invertebrate species in the South Pacific, but its yield has dropped substantially in recent years, suggesting the stock could be in decline and spurring calls for stronger international cooperation on monitoring, assessment and management, experts said.
The appeal was published on Thursday in the journal Science, with Chen Xinjun and Li Gang, professors at the College of Marine Living Resource Sciences and Management at Shanghai...
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