TheFishSite Latest News
Whole World at Fault for Falling Fish Stocks
A detailed survey of the 53 countries that land 96 percent of the world's marine catch shows that all have failed to comply with the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. Developed in 1995, the 53 fishing nations all agreed to comply with the code as a potential rescue measure for the world's fisheries, reports IPS News.
And while countries claimed to comply, in fact not one is in full compliance, according the detailed analysis reported in the science journal Nature Wednesday.
"I'm confident we would have turned the corner on the collapsing fish stocks had countries complied with the code," said Tony Pitcher of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, one of the study co-authors.
"The code effectively dealt with 98 percent of the major problems of fisheries," Pitcher said in an interview.
According to IPS News, even the more responsible nations such as Norway, the United States, Canada, Australia and Iceland only qualified for a rating of "good" with an estimated 55 to 60 percent compliance based on the four-year survey and analysis. Twenty-eight countries, mainly in the developing world and representing 40 percent of the world's marine fish catch, are failing badly, the report found.
TheFishSite News Desk
Related news items:
November Agriculture And Fisheries Council Agenda
Potential For Fishmeal-Free Salmon
Fish Wholesaling Industry Research
College To Boost Fish Farming
Consultation On Net And Trap Licences
Related News Categories: Environmental Management, Government and Regulatory, General, Sustainability
More Fish Industry News
- November Agriculture And Fisheries Council Agenda
- Potential For Fishmeal-Free Salmon
- Fish Wholesaling Industry Research
- College To Boost Fish Farming
- Consultation On Net And Trap Licences
- Fish farming in Paddy Fields Takes Off
Tilapia-Skin Gelatine Next for Aquafinca
VIV China Reflects Development of Chinese Industry- Protection for Island Cockle Industry
Accessing Markets Directly To Improve Payments
