Overview
Billions of people rely on fish for protein, and fishing is the principal livelihood for millions of people around the world. For centuries, our seas and oceans have been considered a limitless bounty of food. However, increasing fishing efforts over the last 50 years as well as unsustainable fishing practices are pushing many fish stocks to the point of collapse.
More than 85 percent of the world's fisheries have been pushed to or beyond their biological limits and are in need of strict management plans to restore them.
Several important commercial fish populations (such as Atlantic bluefin tuna) have declined to the point where their survival as a species is threatened. It is predicted that
fish that we reply on will be extinct by the year 2048... that is only 35 years from now. You may not think this is a big deal, but the extinction of fish will lead to stagnent and unuseable water... affecting everything in the food chain, including us.
Many fishers are aware of the need to change their fishing habits that will benifit marine ecocystems, however pirate fishing and other regulatory problems still exist.
However, many agenices and fisheries around the world are working with stakeholders to reform fisheries management globally, focusing on sustainable practices that conserve ecosystems, but also sustain livelihoods and ensure food security.
More than 85 percent of the world's fisheries have been pushed to or beyond their biological limits and are in need of strict management plans to restore them.
Several important commercial fish populations (such as Atlantic bluefin tuna) have declined to the point where their survival as a species is threatened. It is predicted that
fish that we reply on will be extinct by the year 2048... that is only 35 years from now. You may not think this is a big deal, but the extinction of fish will lead to stagnent and unuseable water... affecting everything in the food chain, including us.
Many fishers are aware of the need to change their fishing habits that will benifit marine ecocystems, however pirate fishing and other regulatory problems still exist.
However, many agenices and fisheries around the world are working with stakeholders to reform fisheries management globally, focusing on sustainable practices that conserve ecosystems, but also sustain livelihoods and ensure food security.