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PROTECTING MARINE BIODIVERSITY Solutions: Sustainable fishing Protected marine areas Selective fishing gear Improved maritime security Reduced pollution International cooperation Impacts: Loss of marine wildlife Damaged marine ecosystems Depleted fish stocks Loss of jobs and income Toxic algal blooms Coastal erosion Threats: Overfishing Pollution Invasive alien species Shipping and oil spills Extractive industries Coastal development Europe’s seas host a richly diverse marine life but this is now in serious decline as a result of overfishing, maritime activities, pollution and coastal development. KH-30-08-003-EN-P Traditional non-industrial Baltic herring fishing D Norton/naturepl.com Snakelocks anemone shrimp Periclimenes sagittifer, in Mediterranean Reinhard Dirscherl/www.WaterFrame.de Gorgonian Paramuricea clavata Costa Brava, Spain Wolfgang Poelzer/www.WaterFrame.de
