Global Fisheries Scientists set up 'Truth Squad' to Counter Inaccurate Scientific Claims in Media
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews.com] October 5, 2015
Too often false statements about fisheries go unchallenged in the media. Many NGOs trumpet their conclusions about fisheries crisises, but don't always explain how they get their 'facts.'
Their media partners lap up stories of doom and collapse, often uncritically. For that reason, a group of International experts in fisheries management have come together as part of a new initiative, called CFOOD (Collaborative for Food from Our Oceans Data.) The coalition will gather data from around the world and maintain fisheries databases while ensuring seafood sustainability discussions in the media reflect ground-truth science.
The scientists behind the project have long pushed for accurate and clean data sources on the world's fisheries.
The CFOOD project, headquartered at the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS), is made up of a network of scientists whose mission stemmed from a frustration with erroneous and agenda-driven stories about fisheries sustainability in the media. ...
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