Modern slavery promotes overfishing
Labour abuses, including modern slavery, are ‘hidden subsidies’ that allow distant-water fishing fleets to remain profitable and promote overfishing
Fishing fleets travelling further to catch fewer fish
Industrial fishing fleets have doubled the distance they travel, but catch only a third of what they did 65 years ago.
Half of all high seas fishing grounds would be unprofitable without current subsidies
As much as 54% of the high seas fishing industry would be unprofitable at its current scale without large government subsidies.
Ten million tonnes of fish wasted every year despite declining fish stocks
Almost 10% of the world’s total catch in the last decade was discarded due to poor fishing practices and inadequate management.
“An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch” screening
The award-winning ocean conservation film will screen at UBC on April 28, 2017. RSVP REQUIRED.
Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller receive Ocean Award
Dr. Daniel Pauly and Dr. Dirk Zeller received the Ocean Award in the Science category for their contributions to marine conservation and ocean health.
Global marine fisheries catches declining by 1.2 million metric tons every year
The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries, released by IOF’s Sea Around Us project, looks at global catches, country-by-country, and explores the consequences of this decline, food security, and the steps that can be taken to ease the situation.
30 per cent of global fish catch unreported
Countries drastically underreport the number of fish caught worldwide, according to a new study, and the numbers obscure a significant decline in the total catch.
New data on reported and unreported marine catches now available online
The new web platform provides the first comprehensive coverage of both reported and unreported fish caught by every country in the world.