Banking on Cod
Demand for wild (non-farmed) seafood is increasingly reliant upon dwindling fish stocks. Much of the fishing industry is now struggling to make ends meet, yet despite this, studies show that changes in management could increase fisheries' profitability whilst also protecting fish stocks. Find out how we can once again Bank on Cod, only this time sustainably!
Bycatch Factsheet
Dolphins, marine turtles, seals, seabirds, sharks, juvenile fish, fish with little commercial value, corals … billions of unwanted animals are caught every year by fishing boats then discarded dead or dying back into the ocean.
Defining and estimating global marine fisheries bycatch
Unselective fishing catches non-target organisms as ‘bycatch’—an issue of critical ocean conservation and resource management concern. However, the situation is confused because perceptions of target and non target catch vary widely, impeding efforts to estimate bycatch globally.
Safe Conduct? Twelve years fishing under the UN Code
The FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing (CCRF, ‘the Code’) was produced in 1995. During the period of its ten year anniversary, WWF and the University of British Columbia (UBC) Fisheries Centre initiated this project to assess its implementation. Applying a consistent assessment protocol to data for 2003-2005, UBC analysed 53 countries, representing over 95% of the world’s wild fisheries catch. This work offers a snapshot of where improvements might be necessary and against which new initiatives can be judged.
A guide to reduce and eliminate fish discards
By the end of 2008, over 60% cod have been discarded in the North Sea (about 20% more than in 2007) . Some European fisheries, like sole or Nephrops have totally unacceptable bycatch and discard levels of over 60%.
Establishing Marine Protected Area Networks - Making It Happen
This guide represents a global first in capturing the emerging experience on building MPA networks. We are grateful to all those who have worked so hard to bring it to fruition over the last 5 years. We hope you will find the advice it contains will support improved protection and management of our marine areas, and ensure that future generations benefit as we have done from the ocean’s diversity of species, the opportunities it provides, and its splendor and natural wonders.
Lifting the lid on Italy’s bluefin tuna fishery
Assessment of compliance of Italy’s fishing fleets and farms with management rules during the 2008 bluefin tuna fishing season in the Mediterranean.
The value of our oceans
With this report we want to take an economic angle in shedding light on the values we receive from the oceans and the life therein, but which we usually take for granted. The marine environment, its habitats and species have shaped and are still shaping our world, our culture and many people’s daily lives. We want to show what the loss of healthy oceans will mean to our economies and individual people’s incomes and livelihoods. We want to show what we lose if we don’t change.
