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The State of the World’s Fisheries
Michael F. Hirshfield, Ph.D.Chief Scientist, Oceana
October 2009
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Who is Oceana?
*Washington, DCMadrid, Spain
Brussels, Belgium
Santiago, Chile
Belize City, Belize
New York City, NY
Monterey, CA
Portland, OR
Anchorage, AK
Juneau, AK
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Heavy Human Impacts on the Oceans
Halpern, et al. (Science, 2008)
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Global Expansion of Fishing
Berkes, et al. (Ecology, 2006)
The Sea Urchin Example
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Global Landings of Sea Urchins
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Global Expansion of Fishing
Worm, B., et al. (Science, 2009)
Total “Fishing Access
Years” in the ’90s
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Increasing Global Fishing Power
The World Bank. 2009
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Decline in Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Tag-A-Giant Foundation
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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
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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].
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Global Decline in Big Fish
Myers, R.A. and B. Worm (Nature, 2003)
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Decline in Fish Abundancein the North Atlantic
Christensen, V.S. et al. (Fish and Fisheries, 2003)
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Decline in Fish Abundance
in Southeast Asia
1960
2000
Christensen et al. 2003
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Decline in Fish Abundance in West Africa
Christensen et al. Dakar Conference Proceedings
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Reduced Potential to Expand Fisheries
1978
Overexploited, Depleted and Recovering Fully ExploitedUnderexploited and Moderately ExploitedFAO. 2009
9%
50%
41%
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Reduced Potential to Expand Fisheries
1978 1987
Overexploited, Depleted and Recovering Fully ExploitedUnderexploited and Moderately ExploitedFAO. 2009
9%
50%
41%24%
44%
32%
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Reduced Potential to Expand Fisheries
1978
1997
1987
Overexploited, Depleted and Recovering Fully ExploitedUnderexploited and Moderately ExploitedFAO. 2009
9%
50%
41%24%
44%
32%
24%
50%
26%
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Reduced Potential to Expand Fisheries
1978
1997
1987
2007
Overexploited, Depleted and Recovering Fully ExploitedUnderexploited and Moderately ExploitedFAO. 2009
9%
50%
41%24%
44%
32%
24%
50%
26% 28%
52%
20%
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Regional Trend is Similar
Garcia, S. M. (The World Bank, 2009)
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Changes during the Doha Round
Area Region 2001 2006
27 Northeast Atlantic
21 Northwest Atlantic
31 Western Central Atlantic
47 Southeast Atlantic
37 Mediterranean
34 Eastern Central Atlantic
67 Northeast Pacific
61 Northwest Pacific
51 Western Indian Ocean
77 Eastern Central Pacific
41 Southwest Atlantic
81 Southwest Pacific
87 Southeast Pacific
71 Western Central Pacific ?
57 Eastern Indian Ocean
Adapted from Garcia, S. M. (The World Bank, 2009)
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Changes During the Doha Round
U/M: Under or Moderately ExploitedF: Fully ExploitedO: OverexploitedD/R: Depleted or Recovering from Depletion
Adapted from: FAOSOFIA 2002 and 2008
-5%
+5%
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Decline in Food Supply from Wild Fish
FAO. 2009
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Declining Annual Catch Per Fisher (Marine and Inland)
The World Bank. 2009
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Fish provides essential nutrition for 3 billion people...
-- United Nations
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...and at least 50% of animal protein and minerals to 400 million people from the poorest countries. --United Nations
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Taking account of dependants, about 520 million people could be dependent on the [fishing] sector, or nearly 8 percent of the
world population. UN
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What do we want to see in the oceans?
Worm, B., et al. (Science, 2009)
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