Making sure there really are plenty more fish in the sea
22/7/08
Next time you are about to swallow a mouthful of delicious tuna, spare a thought for the work that goes on behind the scenes to make sure that there really are plenty more fish in the sea. The Pacific Ocean covers more of Earth than all the land masses put together. It also supports the world’s most productive tuna fisheries, as well as high biodiversity of other oceanic fish that often end up caught in the same nets or on the same hooks that are fishing for tuna. In early July, 20 members of Pacific Islands fisheries administrations took part in a week-long training course in ‘Fish Stock Assessment’ and ‘Ecological Risk Assessment’ conducted by scientists from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Oceanic Fisheries Programme (SPC-OFP). The training was part of the ongoing work of SPC-OFP in building the capacity of Pacific Island countries and territories to conserve and manage stocks of tuna, billfish, sharks and other highly migratory fish species in their exclusive economic zones and in international waters.
See: http://www.thenational.com.pg/072208/wkender6.php
Tags: Environment, Pacific