Eating Up the Oceans -
Can Sustainable Fishing Ever Be Achieved?

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Queen Square, Bath
Monday 29 November 2005 , 7.30pm, £2.50.

The world's oceans are under increasing threat from overfishing with 70% of the world's fisheries characterized by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization as being fully-exploited, over-exploited, or depleted. World fisheries are a major source of food and employment, providing the world's growing population with 16% of its animal protein intake and serving as a source of employment for an estimated 35 million full- and part-time fishers. If the problem of overfishing is not addressed the extinction of many fish species seems imminent and with it a catastrophic loss of livelihood and nutrition for many of the world's poorest people.

The last in this year's Green Light Lecture series addresses the issue of overfishing, asking if sustainable fishing of the oceans can ever be achieved and considering the consumers role in preventing unsustainable practices. Speaking will be Mike Barry, the environmental manager of Marks and Spencer and Philip MacMullen, Seafish fisheries development manager. The lecture will be held at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Queen Square. Doors will open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start and tickets cost £2.50 on the door. Refreshments will be available and are included in the ticket price.

Green Light is a joint project between Greenpeace, Friends of the earth and Envolve and is sponsored by Marks & Spencer and ESD.