Seafood is gaining in popularity worldwide
as people are considering it more and more as a healthy
food choice. It has also become increasingly
fashionable and popular to try formerly “exotic” seafood
such as sushi that is now more widely available than ever before.
Less widely known are conservation issues surrounding seafood species.
Would you still happily eat that crispy fish fillet if you knew
that it came from a species of which the population has been overfished
down to 5% of the original pre-exploitation
levels, or would you willingly choose fish that are caught by
a fishery that kills thousands of endangered albatrosses as bycatch
every year? Internationally there has been growing awareness on
fisheries related conservation issues. If we want to continue to
enjoy the variety and diversity of seafood that we have become accustomed
to for decades to come, we need to start making informed choices
right now.
:: Global Pressure
Worldwide annual seafood consumption and fishing pressure are projected
to increase in the foreseeable future. The Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Report
on the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2002 estimates only
25% of major marine fish stocks to be underexploited
or moderately exploited, with 47% fully exploited, 18% overexploited,
and the remaining 10% depleted. In some
cases some of the depleted stocks have failed to show signs of recovery
even with drastic management measures, such as total bans on fishing,
in place.
FISHMS:
SMS the name of a fish to 079
499 8795 and we will sms you
back
its status
standard sms rates apply |
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