Global squid fishing increased by 68 percent between 2017 and 2020, according to our international analysis, prompting concerns that much of the international fishing fleet is sidestepping necessary conservation and management. Our study, carried out with colleagues in Australia, Japan, the United States, Chile, and Canada, and published in Science Advances, reveals that almost all ...
In the past decade, Chinese fishing vessels have aggressively expanded their activities to the waters of other nations so as to catch enough fish to meet the demand of the billion-plus population in China. In the Persian Gulf, China’s fishing trawlers are apparently cleaning out fish resources, triggering concerns among local fishermen and environmentalists. The problem ...
Fijians are reviving their traditional practice of “tabu” in a bid to improve their fishing stocks. “Tabu” is basically an area marked as a “no-fishing zone” and is often demarcated by barnacled pillars that are embedded firmly on the floor of the reefs. Tabu in Fiji In Fiji, coastal areas that belong to a specific ...
The Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) conducted a statistical analysis on the welfare status of fishermen between 2012 and 2015. The IFLS questionnaire also contained an open survey for Indonesian fishermen, asking them how happy they felt five years ago, at present, and to predict five years ahead. The Indonesian ocean is recognized internationally for ...
Distant Water Fishing (DWF) fleets refer to vessels from countries that fish outside their native land’s waters. China is known to have the biggest Distant Water Fishing fleet in the world. A new report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has revealed that the fleet actually is five to eight times larger than previously estimated ...
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