Date: 2024-09-08 Page is: DBtxt003.php txt00014912
Initiative: World Ocean Observatory
Research by Dr. Daniel Pauly
Video: An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch from Living Oceans Foundation
Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
World Ocean Observatory
16 hrs ·
An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch from Living Oceans Foundation
Around the world millions of people depend on fish, but what if we’re running out? As government and industry regulators track the quantity of fish we catch, and claim the oceans can handle the huge catches, fish numbers keep dropping.
World renowned fisheries expert, Dr Daniel Pauly, suspects that we are dangerously overfishing the world’s fish supply. He believes that bad data masks how close we are to running out of fish, to prove it he and his team have conducted the most ambitious fishing investigation the world has ever seen.
An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch
A team of scientists, led by Dr Daniel Pauly, conduct the world's largest fishing investigation, to determine the true quantity of fish we have caught, before…
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Peter McClure Peter McClure Because of the inaccuracies in the actual counts, governments have been able to excuse inaction until it's too late. Off the shores of Canada, arguments that there were plenty of cod left on the Grand Banks delayed action until the fishery, once one of the greatest in the world, had collapsed completely. Now, fishing for cod is limited to small numbers only for local use, and even that is preventing its resurgence.