Overfishing
: Worldwide, fishing fleets are two to three times as large as
needed to take present day catches of fish and other marine species (spiišis) and as what our oceans
can sustainably support. On a global scale we have enough fishing capacity (cäpaseti) to cover at least
four Earth like planets.
On top of the overcapacity many fishing methods (methouds) are unsustainable in their own way. These
methods have a large impact on the basic functioning of our marine ecosystems (ikousistem). These
unselective fishing practices and gear cause tremendous destruction on non target (taaged) species.
Bycatch and discards and bottom trawling destruction are two examples of this.
WHY IS OVERFISHING A PROBLEM?: To explain why overfishing is a problem we first have to get an
idea on the scale of the problem. This is best done by looking at repord published by the Food and
Agriculture Organization scientists.
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