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Overfishing can be sustainable. [dubious – discuss] According to Hilborn, overfishing can be "a misallocation of societies' resources", but it does not necessarily threaten conservation or sustainability". [2] Overfishing is traditionally defined as harvesting so many fish that the yield is less than it would be if fishing were reduced. [2]
[88]: 2 In some places, increasing environmental awareness and the depletion of fish stocks have resulted in a decrease in blast fishing. [89] Cyanide fishing was thought to be used by perhaps 4,000 individuals as of 2013. [10]: 14 A USAID study estimated that local governments lost 3,000-9,500 metric tons of fish to IUU activities each year.
Territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of the Philippines. The Philippines is an archipelagic state whose over 7,000 islands [1] with their large coastal population [2]: 2 are surrounded by waters including 2,263,816 square kilometres (874,064 sq mi) of exclusive economic zone and 679,800 square kilometres (262,500 sq mi) of territorial sea, [3]: 1 of which 184,600 square kilometres ...
The Philippines fisheries code Republic Act 10654 was amended in 2015, in recognition of the region's over-exploitation of unreported and unregulated fishing. [35] The Act was amended in the Philippine's pursuit to comply with international conventions, in order to converse and manage fish species and resources. [ 35 ]
Destructive fishing practices are fishing practices which easily result in irreversible damage to habitats and the sustainability of the fishery ecosystems.Such damages can be caused by direct physical destruction of the underwater landform and vegetation, overfishing (especially of keystone species), indiscriminate killing/maiming of aquatic life, disruption of vital reproductive cycles, and ...
The overfishing list reflects species that have an unsustainably high harvest rate. NOAA also keeps a list of overfished stocks. Those are species that have a total population size that is too low.
The overfishing of these large fisheries destroys the marine environment and threatens the livelihood of billions who depend on fish as protein or as a source of income for catching and selling. [21] According to the World Wildlife Fund, illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is a major factor in overfishing.
The environmental impact of fishing includes issues such as the availability of fish, overfishing, fisheries, and fisheries management; as well as the impact of industrial fishing on other elements of the environment, such as bycatch. These issues are part of marine conservation, and are addressed in fisheries science programs.