Monday, March 02, 2009

No more fish in the sea

Is it a disaster?

No more fish in the sea Mar 2nd 2009 From Economist.com

The global fish catch is levelling off

WORLD fish production hit 143.6m tonnes in 2006, the highest since records began in 1950, according to a new biannual report from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation. Just over 110m tonnes was eaten by people, with the rest used as animal feed or for other commercial uses. Some 47% of fish on dinner plates is now farmed, and this is likely to increase as the amount caught in the wild levels off. The catch in 2006 from marine and inland waters fell to 92m tonnes from 94.2m the previous year. China is the world's biggest producer in both categories, landing 17.1m tonnes of fish from its waters, and farming 34.4m tonnes.

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