PPT-Overfishing

By Zachary Wiggins Thesis Statement Overfishing is a huge issue in the world due to new technology low pay unwanted catch and More fish being caught then reproduced Evidence 90 of large fish have been eaten. 1 SUMMARY : We call on MEPs to:  set a deadline for Member States to achieve an effective balance between their fishing capacity and fishing opportunities that effectively supports the 2 NORBERT WU / MINDEN / FLPACOVER: NICK GARBUTT / PHOTOLIBRARY The blooming jellysh threat In 2010 jellysh blooms (swarms) reaching plague proportions led local ocials to close beaches in the Medite a global disaster. It is tempting to think that . the ocean . has . an unlimited source of fish. After all, the oceans cover . 3/4 . of the earth's surface. . Lately. , however, we have come to realize that . Biology 460. Katharyn Self . Emily Wood. http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/041/e/7/overfishing_by_tamara_hawk-d397xz5.jpg. Overfishing . Overfishing occurs when too . many fish are caught that the population can't reproduce enough to replace them. . Mortality caused by fishing may be replaced by juveniles that would not otherwise been . recruited . to . the adult . population. .. Fishing above the MSY is overfishing and will cause a decline in . .”. - Carl . Safina. 1. Fishing and Aquaculture. In 1497, an explorer named John Cabot sailed from New England and landed on the island of Newfoundland, in what is now Canada.. In his journal, Cabot noted,. Key words: Economy, Population, Mitigation INTRODUCTION Overfishing can be defined in a number of ways. However, everything comes down to one simple point: Catching too much fish for the system to s A Global issue. “More than 85 percent of the world's fisheries have been pushed to or beyond their biological limits” (“Overfishing” WWF). “The . Pacific B. luefin . T. una . population has declined by 96.4% since we began fishing it decades ago” (Time Magazine) . Milva. . Lunod-Carinan. and Vicente B. . Paqueo. . (May 21 draft). 1. Philippine Institute for Development Studies. Surian. . sa. . mga. . Pag-aaral. . Pangkaunlaran. ng . Pilipinas. www.pids.gov.ph. Jack Morgan. http://. www.bbc.com. /future/story/20120920-are-we-running-out-of-fish. Importance of Fish. Ecological. Societal and Cultural . -19.2 kg consumed/year. -91.3 million . tonnes. harvested in 2012. Start with the simplest harvesting model. …. Logistic with harvesting:. Fixed Quota:. . dN. /. dt. = . rN. - bN. 2. . – . Y. Fixed Effort:. . dN. /. dt. = . rN. - . bN. 2 . – . .”. - Carl . Safina. 1. Fishing and Aquaculture. In 1497, an explorer named John Cabot sailed from New England and landed on the island of Newfoundland, in what is now Canada.. In his journal, Cabot noted,. Overfishing and underfishing consequences for food security and economic value in U.S. fisheries Michael Melnychuk, Jeannette Banobi, Ray Hilborn School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences University of Washington BLUEFIN TUNA. (. Thunnus . thynnus. ). Implications and Conservation Strategies. Nick . Gezon, Linda Isakson, Laura Pratt, and Alex Lee. 16.6% of animal protein . consumed. $80 billion/. year industry.