Earth Policy Institute Resources on FISH
Fish Indicator
Eco-Economy Indicators are twelve trends that the Earth Policy Institute tracks to measure progress in building an eco-economy. The world fish catch is a measure of the productivity and health of the oceanic ecosystem that covers 70 percent of the earth's surface. The extent to which world demand for seafood is outrunning the sustainable yield of fisheries can be seen in shrinking fish stocks, declining catches, and collapsing fisheries.
After decades of growth, the reported global wild fish catch peaked in 2000 at 96 million tons and fell to 90 million tons in 2003, the last year for which worldwide data are available. The catch per person dropped from an average of 17 kilograms in the late 1980s to 14 kilograms in 2003—the lowest figure since 1965. As fishing fleets expanded through the late 1980s and as fish-finding and harvesting technologies became more efficient, the world’s fishers have systematically gone after their catch at greater depths and in more remote waters. MORE...
Key Data Related to FISH and AQUACULTURE:
Figure 1: Total World Fish Production, 1950-2003 graph table
Figure 2: World Fish Catch and Aquacultural Production, 1950-2003 graph table
Figure 3: Total World Fish Production Per Person, 1950-2003 graph table
Figure 4: World Fish Catch and Aquacultural Production Per Person, 1950-2003 graph table
Figure 5: World Wild Fish Catch, Separating China and Peruvian Anchoveta, 1950-2003
Additional Information from the Eco-Economy Updates:
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