Study shows most nations ignore UN fisheries code

Thirteen years after the world rallied to curb overfishing, most nations are failing to abide by the U.N.'s "code of conduct" for managing fisheries, scientists found. Norway, the U.S., Canada, Australia, Iceland and Namibia were the only nations that scored above a 60 percent compliance rate, the equivalent of a barely passing "D" grade, according to the marine scientists' research. The global fisheries standards were developed in 1995 by the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. Though voluntary, the 12-part code is based on rules of international law and some of it has been made into legally binding agreements...

From Taiwan News.