The Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development and the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to FAO address the UN Food and Agriculture Organization on the occasion of World Fisheries Day, stressed the close relation between environmentally sustainable fishing and human dignity of fishery workers.
Social sustainability of fishing is closely intertwined with its environmental sustainability, the Holy See said on Tuesday at a high-level event co-organized with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the occasion of World Fisheries Day.
The day is observed annually on 21 November and offers an opportunity to acknowledge, on the one hand, the vital importance of the sea as a source of food for millions of people across the world and, on the other, the role and hardships of fishery workers.