Welcome to Sustainable Fisheries

Welcome to Sustainable Fisheries

Are Current Fishing Regulations Misguided?

Thursday, 29 April 2010 09:12 |

Author: John Matson/Scientific American |

A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argues that practices emphasizing selectivity in commercial fishing may have undesirable effects on marine ecosystems.

Lead study author Shijie Zhou of Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and his colleagues advocate an alternative approach to fisheries management that they describe as "balanced exploitation." Under this concept, all fish—regardless of species, size or gender—would be fished in proportion to their abundance and replenishment rate, thereby better preserving the makeup of the ecosystem. Less selective fishing practices would remove a representative slice of the ecosystem while keeping populations above a certain threshold.

The concept seeks to balance relationships both among different species and among subpopulations of a given species such as age groups, gender groups or regional schools.

WWF says new Arctic Ocean rules needed

Thursday, 29 April 2010 09:01 |

Author: Administrator |

The World Wildlife Fund is calling on Arctic nations to put new environmental and security rules in place to protect the Arctic Ocean and coastline amid growing commercial activity.

In three reports released this week, the international conservation group concludes there are large gaps and loopholes in current regulations that apply to activity in the Arctic Ocean.

WWF and Industry Leaders join forces to save European fisheries

Thursday, 29 April 2010 08:57 |

Author: Administrator |

The WWF and the leading associations for European seafood processors and retailers have announced they will work together to push for solutions to the crisis of European seas and fisheries. They will be jointly seeking reforms to the troubled European Common Fisheries Policy to lay the basis for sustainable fisheries and a sustainable fishing industry.

The current EU Common Fisheries Policy has failed to secure the health of EU fisheries, and has put most of them under severe strain, compromising the ability to offer the EU population the sustainably harvested fish they are demanding.

Belize Protected Reef Offers Model for Conservation

Tuesday, 27 April 2010 09:35 |

Author: ERIK OLSEN/NYT |

Scientists claim that a a protected reef in Belize offers hope that MPAs can help with conservation. Glover’s Reef, about 28 miles from the coast of Belize, is one of the only true atolls in the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the site of Belize’s largest “no-take” marine reserve, a 17,500-acre zone where all types of fishing are prohibited. The no-take zone makes up about 20 percent of the wider 87,000-acre Marine Protected Area here. Within 75 percent of the reserve, some types of fishing are allowed, although there are restrictions on the type of gear that can be used.

According to scientists , the marine reserve at Glover’s Reef offers a test case for the viability of similar reserves around the world. They are now hoping to apply some of the conservation strategies here to make other places succeed.

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Regulations, economic crisis squeeze seafood industry, FAO says

Tuesday, 27 April 2010 09:22 |

Author: FAO/UN |

New regulations, such as retailers’ requirement that fish must be certified as sustainable, and the impact of the global economic crisis are affecting the seafood industry, especially producers in developing nations, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has concluded.

Half of all fish imported by rich nations, valued at $43 billion annually, comes from the developing world, and the industry directly employs 45 million people, while approximately half a billion people rely on fish for some or all of their incomes.

But for poorer nations, getting their fish to market is becoming increasingly difficult.