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A group of 30 scientists meeting in South Korea warned fishing countries, and especially those in the Caribbean, by increasing ocean acidification.
Because in the Caribbean nations fishing is an important source of income, experts recommend you to take into account the results of a new international report on ocean acidification, prepared by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD ).
“Ocean acidification may have very specific impacts on particular types of fishing, so it is especially important for small island developing states and the people that depend on a specific type of Fishing”Said Hennige SJ, principal editor of the report, according to IPS.
And Carol Turley of Plymouth Marine Laboratory and co-author of the report, emphasized that “We are in a world where the ocean acidifies very quickly, so we have to act very quickly”.
In the Caribbean, the areas of processing, marketing, boat building and net making, among others, directly employ more than 120,000 people and thousands more indirectly.
It is emphasized that acidification is worsening almost inevitably Document, a situation that harms some marine organisms and ecosystems and the goods and services they provide.
Meanwhile, David Obura, Director of Research and Development of Coastal Ocean Indian Ocean, said that food security is under threat in the Caribbean and other nations that depend on fishing.
“Ocean acidification alters the chemistry of seawater, which affects the growth of fish, usually negatively. So lower productivity”, advirtió Obura.
Hennige explained that the problem is being released more and more CO2 into the atmosphere, and will get worse if nothing is done about it.
“It is not a problem that causes the Caribbean, but is global and requires a global solution”He emphasized.
According to Susan Singh-Renton, deputy executive director of the Regional Fisheries Mechanism Caribbean, all that the report can be applied to the Caribbean.
“Ocean acidification is a serious concern because it means that seawater, as a means of supporting life is changing in a fundamental way”He highlighted.
He added: “Since the oceanic ecosystem is so complex, it is not possible to predict with certainty the consequences, but it sure will be important to the tropical islands, especially those whose economies are based on the health and beauty of Coral Reefs”.
Also, Turley stressed that only developed countries can measure acidification, so it is necessary to act quickly and begin to export that knowledge to countries like the Caribbean and small island developing States.
According Hennige, projections indicate that by the end of this century, ocean acidification will cause an economic loss of USD 1,000 million.
SOURCE: Fis.com
