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World’s Forgotten Fishes Report

March 11 , 2021 1457 days 1500 0

It was a recent report published by 16 global conservation organizations which includes the WWF and Global Wildlife Conservation.
According to this, nearly a third of all freshwater fish are threatened with extinction.
The report, World’s Forgotten Fishes, stated that freshwater fish provide main source of protein to 200 million people across Asia, Africa and South America.
The industry provides jobs and livelihoods to 60 million people, more than half of whom are women.
In total, jobs in freshwater fisheries account for between 2.5 and 6 per cent of the global agricultural workforce.