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Conservation of dwindling fish stocks is being severely hampered by poor controls on global trade, according to new research…
Read Full Article; Science Daily (10-09-2017)
Overfishing is as big a threat to humanity as it is to our oceans; Guardian UK (02-16-2016)
As global per-capita fish consumption hits all-time high, UN warns on over harvesting; UN (07-07-2016)
A new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows that while growth in aquaculture has helped drive global per capita fish consumption above 20 kilograms a year for the first time, almost a third of commercial fish stocks are now overharvested at biologically unsustainable levels…
30 percent of global fish catch is unreported, study finds, Science Daily (01-20-2016)
The World’s Tuna and Mackerel Populations Are in a “Catastrophic” Decline, Quartz (09-17-2015)
Chinese Foreign Fisheries Catch 12 Times More Than Reported, Study Shows; Science Daily (04-03-2013)
Nearly Half of U.S. Seafood Supply is Wasted, Study Shows, Science Daily (09-25-2015)
As much as 47 percent of the edible US seafood supply is lost each year, mainly from consumer waste, new research suggests…
Farmed Fish Consumption At Record High, UN Report Reveals; Guardian UK (05-19-2014)
Half of all farmed fish have hearing loss due to deformed ears bones; Newsweek (04-28-2016)
New research suggests the way we raise fish in farms and hatcheries could be causing harmful changes to their bodies…
