The State of the World’s Fisheries

1. The State of the World’s Fisheries Michael F. Hirshfield, Ph.D. Chief Scientist, Oceana October 2009

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3. Heavy Human Impacts on the Oceans Halpern, et al. (Science, 2008)

4. Global Expansion of Fishing The Sea Urchin Example Berkes, et al. (Ecology, 2006)

5. Global Landings of Sea Urchins

6. Global Expansion of Fishing Total “Fishing Access Years” in the ’90s Worm, B., et al. (Science, 2009)

7. Increasing Global Fishing Power The World Bank. 2009

8. Decline in Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Tag-A-Giant Foundation

9. Bluefin in Trouble Everywhere Southern bluefin stocks near collapse, at 5% of 1940's level, yet only token quota cuts proposed Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) NewsOct 23, 2009

10. Bluefin in Trouble Everywhere The average weight of a bluefin tuna caught in the Sea of Japan and brought to a port in Tottori Prefecture is under half what it was 25 years ago, Kyodo News findings indicated Monday [October 19].

11. Global Decline in Big Fish Myers, R.A. and B. Worm (Nature, 2003)

12. Decline in Fish Abundancein the North Atlantic Christensen, V.S. et al. (Fish and Fisheries, 2003)

13. Decline in Fish Abundance in Southeast Asia 1960 2000 Christensen et al. 2003

14. Decline in Fish Abundance in West Africa Christensen et al. Dakar Conference Proceedings

15. Reduced Potential to Expand Fisheries 9% 41% 1978 50% Overexploited, Depleted and Recovering Fully Exploited Underexploited and Moderately Exploited FAO. 2009

16. Reduced Potential to Expand Fisheries 9% 24% 32% 41% 1987 1978 50% 44% Overexploited, Depleted and Recovering Fully Exploited Underexploited and Moderately Exploited FAO. 2009

17. Reduced Potential to Expand Fisheries 9% 24% 32% 41% 1987 1978 50% 44% 24% 26% 1997 50% Overexploited, Depleted and Recovering Fully Exploited Underexploited and Moderately Exploited FAO. 2009

18. Reduced Potential to Expand Fisheries 9% 24% 32% 41% 1987 1978 50% 44% 20% 28% 24% 26% 2007 1997 52% 50% Overexploited, Depleted and Recovering Fully Exploited Underexploited and Moderately Exploited FAO. 2009

19. Regional Trend is Similar Garcia, S. M. (The World Bank, 2009)

20. Changes during the Doha Round Adapted from Garcia, S. M. (The World Bank, 2009)

21. Changes During the Doha Round +5% -5% U/M: Under or Moderately Exploited F: Fully Exploited O: Overexploited D/R: Depleted or Recovering from Depletion Adapted from: FAO SOFIA 2002 and 2008

22. Decline in Food Supply from Wild Fish FAO. 2009

23. Declining Annual Catch Per Fisher (Marine and Inland) The World Bank. 2009

24. Fish provides essential nutrition for 3 billion people... -- United Nations

25. ...and at least 50% of animal protein and minerals to 400 million people from the poorest countries.--United Nations

26. Taking account of dependants, about 520 million people could be dependent on the [fishing] sector, or nearly 8 percent of the world population. UN

27. What do we want to see in the oceans? Worm, B., et al. (Science, 2009)

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