overfishing pamplet
How does overfishing occur?
What can we do to combat overfishing? There is a high demand for fish, and this along with increasingly more effective fishing techniques is causing overfishing.
Some of the fishing methods that contributing to overfishing:
Drift netting (between 2 boats)
Longline fishing (up to 100km behind the boat)
Radar/Sonar technology making it easier to find schools of fish No single country can be blamed for overfishing, but many countries throughout the world have an increasing appetite for fish because of the health benefits associated with eating particular kinds of fish.
Safe catch limits ‐ set by governments and fishing industry bodies. Controls on unintentional killing and disposal of fish, crustaceans and other oceanic life not part of the target catch
(bycatch)
Protection of pristine and important habitats (key ecosystems) Monitoring and Enforcement Aqua Culture (sometimes known as fishfarming) is one ways the fishing industry is trying to combat overfishing.
What will happen if overfishing continues? If overfishing continues global fish stocks will continue to decrease and some species will become endangered or maybe even extinct. This will have a flow on effect to all marine life, totally disrupting the major oceanic ecosystems. Which will make our oceans
“barren and lifeless”
(WWF).
This graph shows the increase in aquafarming as a method of fishing in the USA from 1950 to 1998
What is overfishing? Overfishing is when fish are caught or killed at a greater rate than they can reproduce. Ocean fish are a finite resource; if they cannot reproduce they will die out.
Overfishing
A global issue
One last thing to remember....
Where does overfishing occur? Overfishing occurs in many places throughout the
What can we do to combat overfishing? There is a high demand for fish, and this along with increasingly more effective fishing techniques is causing overfishing.
Some of the fishing methods that contributing to overfishing:
Drift netting (between 2 boats)
Longline fishing (up to 100km behind the boat)
Radar/Sonar technology making it easier to find schools of fish No single country can be blamed for overfishing, but many countries throughout the world have an increasing appetite for fish because of the health benefits associated with eating particular kinds of fish.
Safe catch limits ‐ set by governments and fishing industry bodies. Controls on unintentional killing and disposal of fish, crustaceans and other oceanic life not part of the target catch
(bycatch)
Protection of pristine and important habitats (key ecosystems) Monitoring and Enforcement Aqua Culture (sometimes known as fishfarming) is one ways the fishing industry is trying to combat overfishing.
What will happen if overfishing continues? If overfishing continues global fish stocks will continue to decrease and some species will become endangered or maybe even extinct. This will have a flow on effect to all marine life, totally disrupting the major oceanic ecosystems. Which will make our oceans
“barren and lifeless”
(WWF).
This graph shows the increase in aquafarming as a method of fishing in the USA from 1950 to 1998
What is overfishing? Overfishing is when fish are caught or killed at a greater rate than they can reproduce. Ocean fish are a finite resource; if they cannot reproduce they will die out.
Overfishing
A global issue
One last thing to remember....
Where does overfishing occur? Overfishing occurs in many places throughout the