Armed and masked, scouring the oceans, stealing food from hungry families – modern day pirates are a far cry from the glamour of Hollywood movies.
But they are a multi billion-dollar reality for many communities that can least afford to be robbed.
This report shows the real and negative conservation and development impacts of trade liberalisation in fish and fishery products. Further liberalisation will speed up the pace of over-fishing, further increase unsustainable aquaculture production, and have generally devastating consequences for fish, the wider marine environment, developing countries and the one billion poor people worldwide who depend on fish as their primary source of protein.
Pacific peoples have fished the ocean for thousands of years, for the most part managing their traditional fishing grounds sustainably. Now the future of this ocean as a bountiful food source is at the mercy of an unscrupulous fishing industry which serves a growing global appetite for tuna.This science report provides recommendations as to how this can be changed.
This summary of scientific evidence on the status of Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) tuna stocks suggests that bigeye and yellowfin tuna are now overfished. Unless WCPO nations take urgent remedial measures to control fishing in their waters, we could lose this most cherished of resources.
Scientific evidence on the status of Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) tuna stocks suggests that Big Eye and Yellow Fin tuna are now over-fished. This means unless WCPO nations take urgent remedial measures to control fishing in their waters, we could lose this most cherished of resources.
