The UN states that 80% of all marine life is fully exploited, or in decline. Most of the stocks of the top ten species, which together account for about 30 percent of world marine capture are fully exploited or overexploited.
Date: 2008
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UN states 80% of all marine life fully exploited
Fish90% of top marine predators fished out already
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
90% of top predators like tuna, swordfish, marlin, cod, halibut, skate and flounder have been fished out since 1950’s, endangering structure of marine life.
Source: Overfishing – Greenpeace
Date: NA
Source: Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities
Date: 15 May 2003
New estimate for sharks killed for fins (up to 73 million) 3 times higher than UN estimate
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
26 to 73 million sharks killed each year for their fins, according to Ecology Letter, which is three times higher than estimated by the United Nations.
Source: Up to 73 million sharks killed per year for their fins – Monga Bay
Date: 3 October 2006
One million metric tons of fish thrown away annually in US
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
For every 5 pounds of fish caught by US commercial fisheries, one pound is dumped dead and wasted. More than one million metric tons of fish is thrown away annually in USA. A Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery discards 472,000 metric tons or one billion pounds of fish. Shrimp and fish trawl fisheries are responsible for 78% of all discards in US fisheries.
Source: U.S. fishing bycatch wastes 1 million metric tons of fish per year says study – Monga Bay
Date: 1 December 2005
100 million sharks, vitally important to ocean ecosystems, killed annual
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Sharks have existed for 400 million years. Now, only two sanctuaries are left for sharks. Though sharks kill only 5 people annually, humans kill 100 million sharks annually for a billion dollar shark industry.
Source: From the Film “SharkWater”
Date: 2007
Global marine protection would cost less than current commercial fishing subsidies
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Bottom trawling can plough furrows up to 6m wide and 150cm deep, for many kilometres across the seabed. Some areas are trawled this way five times a year; they are turned over much more often than arable fields. This has had a disastrous effect on the habitat that extends from below to the seabed to a short distance above it, and for the species living there.
A recent survey found that running a global system of marine protected areas covering 30% of the oceans would cost between £6.5 and £7.5 billion a year. This is less than the £8 to £16 billion spent globally each year on subsidies to commercial fisheries.
Date: Dec 2004
Only 4% of world’s oceans free from human impact: 40% heavily impacted
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Only 4% of world’s oceans remain free from human impact in 2008, according to a study in the journal Science, and 40% have been heavily impacted. One-tenth of sharks, tuna, cod and other predators have disappeared, affecting the marine food system. Those fish that eat starfish have disappeared, thus starfish numbers multiply, and they graze on coral resulting in larger reef disappearance in the past 30 years. There has also been a large rise in algae, bacteria and jellyfish populations due to a lower number of predators.
Source: How overfishing can alter an ocean’s entire ecosystem – PacificWild.org
Date: 19 June 2008
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Reversing Meat-Eating Culture to Combat Climate Change Download |
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Livestock Production and Shorter-Lived Climate Forcers Download |
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Plant-Based Diets - A solution to our public health crisis Download |
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Leaders Preserving Our Future - Insights Paper - WPF - November 2010 Download |
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Maintaining a Climate of Life - Summary Report Download |
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Livestock's Climate Impact Download |
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Livestock & Sustainable Food Download |
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Reducing Shorter-Lived Climate Forcers Through Dietary Change Download |
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The global cost of biodiversity loss: 14 trillion Euros? - EU Commission (2008) Download |
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Forests, Fisheries, Agriculture: A Vision for Sustainability (2009) Download |
