Fishing for Answers: Making Sense of the Global Fish Crisis

Yumkio Kura, Yumiko Kura, Carmen Revenga, Eriko Hoshino, Greg Mock

World Resources Institute, 2004 - Nature - 140 pages

Are we running out of fish? Are coastal ecosystems nearing collapse? This report aims to answer these questions. It allows consumers to make links between what they eat and the effect on the ecosystem and fishers globally. It also attempts to stimulate dialogues among environmentalists, the fishing industry, and consumers.

Contents

• WHY CARE ABOUT FISH?: 2
• ARE WE RUNNING OUT OF FISH?: 17
• HOW DO WE CATCH USE AND TRADE FISH?: 25
• HOW IMPORTANT IS SMALLSCALE FISHING?: 35
• IS IT HELPING TO SUSTAIN: 43
• HOW DOES THE GLOBAL FISH TRADE AFFECT SUSTAINABILITY?: 69
• MANAGING FISHERIES AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL: 75
• RIGHTS TO FISH: 85
• REFERENCES: 109
• List of Acronyms: 116

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fishing for Answers: Making Sense of the Global Fish Crisis; WRI report; World Resources Institute report
• Authors: Yumkio Kura, Yumiko Kura, Carmen Revenga, Eriko Hoshino, Greg Mock
• Editor: Yumiko Kura
• Contributor: World Resources Institute
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: World Resources Institute, 2004
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Aug 24, 2009
• ISBN: 1569735697, 9781569735695
• Length: 140 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Animals / Wildlife; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Technology & Engineering / Fisheries & Aquaculture