Morning Briefing

"With a growing population and an onslaught of new planetary pressures expected to limit terrestrial food production, the conversation about how we're going to feed a hungry planet should include the oceans," Andrew Sharpless, CEO of Oceana, and actor Ted Danson write in the Huffington Post's "Green" blog. "We need to produce 70 percent more food to meet the coming hunger needs, with meat production alone increasing from 270 million metric tons in 2009 to 470 million metric tons in 2050, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization," they continue, adding, "The oceans will provide us an opportunity to meet that demand in a way that's eternally renewable, but only if we start taking the appropriate steps right now."