Fishing

ISSUES

Soon There Will be No Fish in the Ocean

According to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), 93.8 million tonnes of fish were caught in 2005. Since the mid 1980s, the figures have been oscillating around 90 million tonnes: 95 in 2004, 90.5 in 2003, and 93.3 in 2002. Driven by demand, 75% of the fishing industry exploits resources to their limits, or beyond the capacity of marine ecosystems to regenerate. Maintaining such high levels of exploitation has paid a price of diversification for other species, like shrimp and cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish and octopus etc.).
Of the 3.5 million fishing boats in the world, 1% provides 50% of the world’s catch. Nearly 400 million people live off the fishing industry (including aquaculture) directly or indirectly (catching, processing, preparing, and selling), and of the 38 million who were employed in the processing industry in 2002, 87% were in Asia. 97% of fishermen are from developing nations. If fis...

NEWS

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JAPAN - TOKYO - Le Japon, principal consommateur de thon rouge de l'Atlantique, a prévenu jeudi qu'il s'opposerait à...

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - LOS ANGELES - Un restaurant de la ville de Santa Monica, à l'ouest de Los Angeles, est poursuivi par la justice...

FRANCE - PARIS - Le mécanisme d'action de deux toxines libérées par certaines micro-algues, qui avaient notamment provoqué la...

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DEBATES

The case of the mysterious seafood

FAO

The first victim was a Caucasian male in his late 30s. He popped down to the pub for lunch and ordered fish and chips. As he...

Tuna can stay on the menu... for now

Tuna are widely but sparsely distributed throughout the...

Why Japan's whaling activities are not research

Only Japan holds a special permit. Its current research...

INITIATIVE

An Oscar For The Cove - One Man’s Quest To Save Japan’s Dolphins

Dolphins of the world are silent no more due to one man’s efforts to bring awareness and ultimately end the tragic annual dolphin killing tradition in Japan. The 2009 documentary

VIDEOS

24/02/2010	In Japan, two Greenpeace activists are standing trial for exposing a...	07/01/2010	Une autre vidéo du choc entre le navire baleinier et celui des militants...
06/01/2010	Des images du choc qui a conduit au naufrage du bateau Ady Gil de Sea...	23/12/2009	Jean-Pierre Quignard, professor in Ichtyology, tells us about the...

GREEN TIPS

Save the grouper

In the Mediterranean, the grouper and its environment are strictly protected in the Port-Cros national park,...

INDICATORS

Undernourishment
Threatened ecosystems
Ecological footprint

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