Ocean Fish Numbers Cut in Half Since 1970
Sept 18, 2015 22:45:34 GMT -6
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This got my attention because i have fished the California and Mexican waters my whole life my dad got me started very early fishing for tuna. When we were kids you could take your tuna into the cannery and they would exchange cans for you. Our entire neighborhood always had canned tuna. Later in my life I would have a huge neighborhood fish BBQ with same day caught yellowtail or albacore. I have always noticed fish counts dropping over the years but nothing this bad. I would always look at sportfishers for fish counts and there are days now when nothing is caught, maybe a rock fish or two.
I just gave away all my saltwater fishing gear as well to a neighbor here in VA. I just don't have the stamina to fight big fish anymore.
Anytime the UN gets involved things will only get worse. I just hope our kids and grandkids can find the time to fish the ocean before we finish screwing it up. I don;t know if anyone remember the days of tuna boats and fisherman literally throwing a line and a hook into the water and pulling them into the boat. But chumming with bait would make them boil and they would bite a dry hook it was amazing to watch.
Start watching about 3 minutes in hard to imagine it was this way once.
"OSLO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The amount of fish in the oceans has halved since 1970, in a plunge to the "brink of collapse" caused by over-fishing and other threats, the WWF conservation group said on Wednesday.
Populations of some commercial fish stocks, such as a group including tuna, mackerel and bonito, had fallen by almost 75 percent, according to a study by the WWF and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF International, told Reuters mismanagement was pushing "the ocean to the brink of collapse".
Populations of some commercial fish stocks, such as a group including tuna, mackerel and bonito, had fallen by almost 75 percent, according to a study by the WWF and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF International, told Reuters mismanagement was pushing "the ocean to the brink of collapse".
"The report said populations of fish, marine mammals, birds and reptiles had fallen 49 percent between 1970 and 2012. For fish alone, the decline was 50 percent.
The analysis said it tracked 5,829 populations of 1,234 species, such as seals, turtles and dolphins and sharks. It said the ZSL data sets were almost twice as large as past studies."
The analysis said it tracked 5,829 populations of 1,234 species, such as seals, turtles and dolphins and sharks. It said the ZSL data sets were almost twice as large as past studies."
I just gave away all my saltwater fishing gear as well to a neighbor here in VA. I just don't have the stamina to fight big fish anymore.
"Damage to coral reefs and mangroves, which are nurseries for many fish, add to problems led by over-fishing. Other threats include coastal development, pollution and climate change, which is raising temperatures and making waters more acidic.
The study said the world's fishing fleets were too big and supported by subsidies totalling $14-35 billion a year.
Later this month, governments are due to adopt new U.N. sustainable development goals, including ending over-fishing and destructive fishing practices by 2020 and restoring stocks "in the shortest time feasible".
The study said the world's fishing fleets were too big and supported by subsidies totalling $14-35 billion a year.
Later this month, governments are due to adopt new U.N. sustainable development goals, including ending over-fishing and destructive fishing practices by 2020 and restoring stocks "in the shortest time feasible".
Start watching about 3 minutes in hard to imagine it was this way once.
