Engaging fishermen, the fishing industry, and seafood supply chains: We work with diverse partners-coastal community members, the fishing industry, technology providers, seafood buyers, universities and local non-profit organizations-to solve fisheries challenges by bringing new models of collaboration.We can still restore the health of our ocean and inland waters and protect sensitive species and habitats, but we must transform the way we interact with our ocean, lakes and rivers- and reforming fisheries management is perhaps the most impactful approach at our disposal. Adding to the challenge, climate change amplifies existing stressors to marine ecosystems. Unsustainable fishing practices threaten ecosystem resilience by contributing to overfishing and habitat destruction, and fisheries mismanagement leads to an annual economic loss of approximately USD 80 billion globally. Great Lakes and industrial tuna fisheries in the Western and Central Pacific-these diverse species are essential to healthy ecosystems and resilient communities.īut there is another side of the coin. From small-scale mussel and sea urchin fisheries along the Humboldt Current in South America, to nearshore octopus fisheries in Kenya, to the freshwater fisheries of the U.S. Fish and other seafood products provide vital nutrients for more than three billion people around the globe and supply an income for 10 to 12 percent of the world’s population. The health of our ocean and inland waters and the livelihoods of millions of people all depend on well-managed fisheries.
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