Branson Asks, We Answer

by The Daily Catch October 12, 2012 in News, Uncategorized

Richard Branson Asks, We Answer – Here are our top 10 best & worst nations protecting the oceans

Virgin asked us via twitter today: @TerraMarProject Who do you think should be included in @RichardBranson’s 10 best and worst nations protecting oceans for the Ocean Eleders Top Ten List?

This was not an easy questions to answer. Our beautiful blue planet is plagued with problems. Some nations are playing catch up while others are actively trying to restore the health and vitality of our oceans.

We came up with a short list of ocean offenders and an even shorter list of the best countries protecting the ocean. No one has won the title best protector, possibly least worst offender.

We need to see more legislative change, regulations on fishing – especially the major migratory fish, the creation of many more MPA’s and loads more research.

Less than 2% of the ocean is explored. Did you know there are only 5 oceanographers who study ocean currents?! The ocean is big – beautiful – powerful and needs our protection. We are here to help give it a voice.

Read our answers after the jump:

The worst Nations in our opinion are:

Taiwan
South Korea
China
Japan
Russia
Ukraine
Iceland
Spain
Indonesia

To sum up why we chose these ten as the worst because they are guilty of these atrocities:

Unsustainable fishing
They are all vocally or tacitly against ecosystem-based management of fisheries and marine ecosystems
They blatantly break catch quotas nor follow fishing regulations
Many of them have poor safety records
Many are guilty of violations of human rights at sea
Corruption in fishing regulation
Abuse of fisheries partnership agreements