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Illegal "pirate" fishing vessels in Port Louis. Agrandir

Pirate fishing

Armed and masked, scouring the oceans, stealing food from hungry families – modern day pirates are a far cry from the glamour of Hollywood movies. But they are a multi billion-dollar reality for many communities that can least afford to be robbed.

A large yellow fin tuna being cut up. Yellow fin and big eye tuna may be commercially extinct in 3-5 years if fishing is not controlled, experts warn. Agrandir

Overfishing

Many marine ecologists think that the biggest single threat to marine ecosystems today is overfishing. Our appetite for fish is exceeding the oceans' ecological limits with devastating impacts on marine ecosystems. Scientists are warning that overfishing results in profound changes in our oceans, perhaps changing them forever. Not to mention our dinner plates, which in future may only feature fish and chips as a rare and expensive delicacy.

School of Tuna Agrandir

Tuna

More than 2000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Aristotle described the migration of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean. Already in the Roman Empire tuna fishing was one of the most stable industries. This fishery, one of the most profitable in the world, is now threatened by industrial practices and lack of protection.

Workers at a tuna packing plant resting on boxes for export. Agrandir

Fair fisheries

Industrial fishing fleets have decimated and almost destroyed their own fisheries and now, rather than accept that they need to reduce their fishing capacity, fishing fleets are turning greedy eyes towards the Pacific and West Africa.

Dolphin killed by pair-trawling. Thousands of porpoises and dolphins die every year as accidental bycatch. Agrandir

Bycatch

Many fisheries catch fish other than the ones that they target and in many cases these are simply thrown dead or dying back into the sea. In some trawl fisheries for shrimp, the discard may be 90 percent of the catch. Other fisheries kill seabirds, turtles and dolphins, sometimes in huge numbers.

Protest against fish farming in British Columbia. Agrandir

Fish farming

From the highlands of Scotland to the Pacific waters of Chile, salmon faming is big business. In Chile alone, the export revenue generated from salmon farming now exceeds US$1 billion each year, a figure that is expected to double in the next few years. Supporters of industrial fish farming have long asserted that this so-called 'blue revolution' is both cheap and a sustainable alternative to the consumption of highly depleted wild-caught fish species

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