Economics of World Fisheries

To move the world fisheries toward sustainability we need a combination of enforcement and incentives. This study focuses on the economic reasons for sustainability.

Build up fish stocks now for big money later: study

By Deborah Zabarenko,
Environment Correspondent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Commercial fishers should cut back on their catch and allow fish stocks to grow above the levels most governments currently advise if they want to boost long-term profits, economists reported on Thursday.

Such a strategy would sustain fish populations and save fuel while opening the way to big profits in the future, the researchers reported in the journal Science.

And the more depleted a fishery has become, the better the results when stocks are built up to what the researchers call the biomass maximum economic yield. That might be...(complete article here).

FAO Sees Increasing Role for Aquaculture

The FAO sees an increasing role for aquaculture to meet the needs of a booming world populations.


Aquaculture only way to fill the coming "fish gap"

Top ministers debate the future of fish farming

19 November 2007, Rome - By 2030 an additional 37 million tonnes of fish per year will be needed to maintain current levels of fish consumption for an expanded world population. Because traditional capture fisheries have reached their maximum production levels, fish farming represents...(complete article here).