As a window on underwater life, aquariums can be an excellent tool for raising their visitors' awareness of the scale of marine pollution and of the urgent need to tackle this worldwide problem. This is what European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella said at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco on Thursday 27 July, where he kicked off the World Aquariums Against Marine Litter campaign.
Accompanying the commissioner for the launch of this...