How to Help The Fishing Industry? Stop Fishing So Much

How to Help The Fishing Industry? Stop Fishing So Much

By Aryn Baker

Source: time

6/8/2023

$Aryn Baker$
Credit: Universal Images Group —Mark Conlin-VWPics.com via Getty

Today, June 8, is World Oceans Day, when stakeholders around the world stop to reconsider the value of ocean conservation. This year’s theme is “Planet Ocean: Tides are Changing”—making the case that by protecting the ocean we are ultimately protecting ourselves. One of its core pillars is supporting sustainable seafood, which, in some cases, means not fishing at all

Scientists agree that at least 30% of the world’s oceans should be declared off limits to commercial exploitation in order to protect fish stocks and marine biodiversity. The fishing industry, not surprisingly, has yelped that cordoning off 30% of our seas would translate into a 30% reduction in catch, driving seafood prices higher around the globe.

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News Id		Source	Stamp	country
3326	San Marcos fish recommended to be declared extinct by U.S. government	kxan	2021-10-04	US
3327	British Teenager Catches Behemoth 96-Pound Wels Catfish	fieldandstream	2021-09-24	UK
3328	Fishing on the L.A. River without a pole	theeastsiderla	2021-09-26	US
3329	The redfish fishery is returning. So is angst about quotas	CBC News	2021-10-16	CA
3330	Less Than 50 Sockeye Salmon Return to Idaho’s Red Fish Lake	newsradio1310	2021-10-11	US
3331	Alaska’s vanishing salmon push Yukon River tribes to brink	opb	2021-10-02	US
3332	Jeremy Wade on the ‘weirdest’ creature he had crossed paths with	entertainment	2021-09-27	US
3333	DEEP officials recall declaration for massive catfish caught in Coventry	FOX61	2021-09-29	US
3334	Hendersonville man catches another monster fish on Old Hickory Lake by accident	Nashville Tennessean	2021-09-19	US
3335	Anglers feared red tide would create a ‘dead zone’ in Tampa Bay.	bradenton	2021-09-24	US
3336	Cornwall fisherman questions 'absurd' tracking system for small boats	bbc	2021-09-19	UK
3337	The White Lady, endemic fish of the Yucatan Peninsula threatened by water pollution	theyucatantimes	2021-09-24	US
3338	No violations at salmon farm where more than 100,000 fish died, state says	bangordailynews	2021-09-27	US
3339	Tasmania’s salmon industry detonates underwater bombs to scare away seals – but at what cost?	theconversation	2021-09-16	AU
3340	Outrage as supertrawler fishing boats return to East and West Sussex coast	sussexlive	2021-09-20	UK
3341	Video shows sea ‘bubbling’ at St Leonards as mackerel force whitebait fish on to beach	hastings observer	2021-09-20	UK
3342	Ipswich ‘underwater highway’ recognised for protecting lungfish in new documentary	ipswichfirst	2021-09-17	AU
3343	Plan would use poison to restore Yellowstone cutthroat trout	wyofile	2021-09-21	US
3344	Fisherman goes deep to catch record fish	usatoday	2021-09-21	US
3345	How Transparent, 'Vampire' Catfish May Travel Unseen Through the Amazon River	gizmodo	2021-09-20	BZ
3346	Troubled Waters	earthobservatory	2021-09-25	US
3347	Ученые проанализировали уровни концентрации плутония в Енисее	RG	2021-09-28	RU
3348	Salmon Snagging is Legal In Alaska	fishncanada	2021-09-26	CA
3349	A new $350 million Bering Sea fish fight could hinge on a miniature Canadian railroad	Alaska Public Media	2021-09-05	CA
3350	Indigenous chiefs in N.B. say Fisheries Department officers ignoring fishing rights	ctvnews	2021-09-02	CA

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