Africa: Protecting Oceans Costs Billions Less Than Fishing Subsidies

It would cost governments billions less to protect the world's oceans than it does to fund subsidies for fishing fleets and will result in larger catches in the long run, according to a new study by WWF and the United Kingdom's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Reuters reports. The study was published in the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and pushes for the creation of marine protected areas (MPAs).