But efforts to protect these freshwater ecosystems are often hampered by conflicts with commercial fishing interests. (sciencedaily.com)
But that will get harder over time, because the first large protected areas have been in remote places without strong commercial fishing interests. (scientificamerican.com)
However, growing international demand for seafood and sustained lobbying by powerful commercial fishing interests in the 1980s led the British government to repeal various seabed protection measures. (goldmanprize.org)