Fish production is increasing
Total production has risen sharply over the past 3 decades and is now 146 million tons per year - the weight of the Eiffel tower every 34 minutes.
And demand will keep growing
Demand for seafood is likely to continue to grow explosively. Most of this demand will be met by increasing production from fish farming.
But the fish are gone
Since the onset of industrial fishing in the 1960s, the total biomass of large commercially targeted marine fish species has declined by a staggering 90 percent.
Fish farming is not the solution
Fish farming continues to depend on marine fish as a feed source and add to the pressure on fish stocks. Also, fish farming often use excessive amounts of chemicals and pollutes the surrounding waters.
What to do?
As consumers, it is becoming more and more important that we support those companies who produce and sell seafood in a sustainable fashion.
Something has gone completely wrong
Some cods caught in the North Sea are shipped to China, processed there, and shipped back to Europe for consumption, travelling a total of 44,000 kilometers. More than around the planet! You can find guides on sustainable seafood here. (For the US here).
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