- December 26: China Internet Information Centre: “Fischfangstatistiken entsprechen der Richtigkeit“
- December 20: Fish Chain: “[China] Statistics for China’s Fishing Output Credible: Official” (Korean versionhere)
- December 19: China Interreta Informa Centro: “Statistiko pri fishkvanto de Chinio estas fidinda“
- December 18: China-Project.com: “Fishery statistics accusation challenged“
- December 18: Chinese Embassy: “Fishing Statistics “Basically Correct,” Ministry Says“
- December 18: ESPN Outdoors: “China rejects report of masking catches” by Joe McDonald
- December 17: NetEase: Chinese Rebuttal
- December 17: Worldcatch News Network: “China disputes claim it overreports fish catch“
- December 15: Access Asia: “You should have seen the one that got away…!“
- December 14: Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories: “Fréttir Rf“
- December 12: CNews: “Letting the big one get away” by David Suzuki
- December 12: European Water Management: “Over-reporting of Global Fisheries Catch Means Overfishing Problems are Worse than Feared“
- December 11: IUCN: “New study reveals underreporting of fish catch decline“
- December 8: Brainerdispatch.com: “China misreporting masks decline in fish catches“
- December 7: edie news: “Over-reporting of global fisheries catch mean overfishing problems are worse than feared“
- December 7: Global Environment and Trade Study: “Inflated Chinese Fisheries Data Masks Global Fish Decline”
- December 6: Oceanspace: “Canadian Scientists Blame China for Overfishing Errors“
- December 5: SciTecLibrary: “Study in Nature provides startling new evidence of declines in global fisheries since late ’80’s’“
- December 4: Angling News: “Wild fish in danger zone – overfishing must stop” by Knut Eirik Olsen
- December 4: pl.net: “Fish Numbers Decline Hidden By Inflation” from ens.lycos.com
- December 3: American Fisheries Society Mailing List: “Study in Nature provides startling new evidence of declines in global fisheries since late ’80’s’“
- December 3: Aquafeed news: “False Reporting Throws Doubt on FAO Fisheries Forecasts“
- December: Beach-caster.com: “Scientists predict 50% drop in global fish stocks by 2015“
- December: unknown source: “China challenges fish stocks reporting research“
- November 30: Australian Broadcasting Corporation Science Online: “Fishy stats hide global decline” by Anna Salleh
- November 30: Cowlix: “Curses, scrubbed again“
- November 30: Cyberdiver News Network: “Fish catch figures fishy“
- November 30: Earths.net: “Inflated Chinese fisheries masks global fish decline“
- November 30: Environment News: “Fishy stats hide global decline” by Anna Salleh
- November 30: Infoterra: “Study in Nature provides startling new evidence of declines in global fisheries“
- November 30: Sublegals: “World Fisheries Assessments may be Statistically Flawed“
- November 29: AnimalNET: “Global fish catches declining” by John Heilprin
- November 29: BBC News: “China blamed for over-fishing errors“
- November 29: Californiafish.org: “Chinese misreporting masks dramatic decline in ocean fish catches” by John Heilprin
- November 29: Cosmiverse: “Chinese misreporting masks dramatic decline in ocean fish catches“
- November 29: Environment News Network: “Chinese misreporting masks dramatic decline in ocean fish catches, scientists say” by John Heilprin
- November 29: Environment News Service: “Chinese misreporting masks dramatic decline in ocean fish catches, scientists say” by John Heilprin
- November 29: Environment News Service: “Inflated Chinese fisheries data masks global fish decline“
- November 29: Eparka.com: “Inflated Chinese fisheries data masks global fish decline“
- November 29: ESPN Outdoors: “World’s fish catches in dramatic decline” by John Heilprin
- November 29: Fishing Report: “U.N. data on fisheries wrong, says study that predicts decline” by John Heilprin
- November 29: Food Market Exchange: “Chinese misreporting masks dramatic decline in ocean fish catches, scientists say” by John Heilprin
- November 29: Greens NZ Regional Report for fourth week of Nov. 2001: “Inflated Chinese Fisheries Data Masks Global Fish Decline“
- November 29: Maldives Culture: “Catch figures fishy” by Helen Pearson
- November 29: MarineConservation.net: “World Fisheries in Dramatic and Unexpected Decline“
- November 29: PlaNet: “Fish numbers decline hidden by inflation“
- November 29: PlanetSave.com: “Crisis in world fish stocks“
- November 29: Probe International’s Three Gorges Dam Campaign: “Study says bad data by China inflated global fishing yields” by Eric Eckholm
- November 29: Quick Frozen Foods International News: “Something Fishy About Fishery Figures“
- November 29: Wildlife Action Group: “Chinese misreporting masks dramatic decline in ocean fish catches, scientists say” by John Heilprin
- November 28: Coastal and Marine Resources Newswire Mailinglist: “Study in Nature Provides Startling New Evidence of Declines in Global Fisheries Since Late ‘80’s“
- November 28: Earth Crash Earth Spirit “Study finds global seafood catch dramatically declined by almost 800 million pounds per year during 1990s, raising troubling questions about the long-term impacts of overfishing and the world’s future food supply.”
- November 28: EurekAlert: “Study in Nature Provides Startling New Evidence of Declines in Global Fisheries Since Late ‘80’s“
- November 28: Garden State EnvironNet: “Slippery statistics mask declining worldwide fish population” by John Heilprin
- November 28: King5.com: “Chinese misreporting masks decline in ocean fish catches“
- November 28: Natural Resources Defense Council: “NRDC Calls for Prompt Ratification and Implementation of International Fishing Treaty; Citing New Study of Worldwide Fisheries Decline” Statement of Lisa Speer
- November 28: NBC Miami, ecowatch Online: “UN overestimates world fish count” by Jeff Burnside
- November 28: NorthWest Cable News: “Chinese misreporting masks decline in ocean fish catches“
- November 28: West Coast Seafood Processors Association: “Response to Nature report on catch statistics” by Rod Moore
- November 28: Yahoo News: “Fish stocks greatly exaggerated by false reporting from China, study finds” by Cassandra Szklarski, Canadian Press Newswire
- November 28: Yahoo News: “Global Fish Catches Declining” by John Heilprin
- November 28: YourNews: “Valse cijfers China maskeren dramatische daling visstand“
- Date unknown: Enel: “Pesci in declino“
- Date unknown: Marine Environment News: “China Blamed For Over-Fishing Errors“
- Date unknown: Marine Fish Conservation Network: “Study in Nature Provides Startling New Evidence of Declines in Global Fisheries Since Late 80’s“
- Date unknown: Ready Meals: “China’s Fishy Tale Endangers Global Food Supply..” by Charles Arthur
- Date unknown: Recreational Fishing Alliance: “Chinese reporting masks decline in ocean resources“
- Date unknown: Sport Fishing Online: “Vast over-reporting by China to United Nations has masked falling catches”
2001 Radio & TV Interviews
| December 3 | Fairchild Radio (AM 1479) | Daniel Pauly | ||||
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| December | CBC NewsWorld | “R. Watson discussing global distortions of reported catch” with Kathleen Perry (4.8 MB file) |
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| November 29 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio | “China’s overstatement masks decline in global fish stocks” by Simon Lauder (19 MB file) |
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| November 29 | National Public Radio’s Morning Edition | “Controversy over the world’s fishing stocks” by David Kestenbaum | Daniel Pauly | |||
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| Date unknown | NBC Miami, Ecowatch | Daniel Pauly | ||||
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| Date unknown | Empty Oceans, Empty Nets | No title | Daniel Pauly | Transcript only | ||
2000 Magazine Coverage
Pauly, D., V. Christensen, R. Froese and M.L.D. Palomares. 2000. Fishing down aquatic food webs.American Scientist. 88: 46-51.
1999 Newspaper Coverage
- November 5: Vancouver Sun: “Looking for bigger fish to fry: An American foundation has granted UBC biologist Daniel Pauly $3 million to ascertain the effect of current fisheries practices on our oceans, and how to restore abundance” by Nancy Baron
- August 9: Vancouver Sun: “Contracts“
- July 24: Vancouver Sun: “Environment: UBC fisheries prof gets $2.1-million grant“
Rashid Sumaila – Associated Faculty
Rashid Sumaila is Professor and Director, Fisheries Economics Research Unit and the OceanCanada Partnership at the University of British Columbia. He has also been an active and key member of the Sea Around Us Project since its inception in 1999. He specializes in bioeconomics, marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such as fisheries subsidies, illegal fishing, climate change and oil spills.
Rashid has experience working in fisheries and natural resource projects in Norway, Canada and the North Atlantic region, Namibia and the Southern African region, Ghana and the West African region and Hong Kong and the South China Sea. He has published articles in several journals including Nature, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Bioeconomics, Land Economics, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Environmental and Resource Economics and Ecological Economics.
He is the winner of the 2017 Volvo Environmental Prize, 2017 Benchley Oceans Award in Science; 2016 UBC Killam Research Prize; 2013 American Fisheries Society Excellence in Public Outreach Award; 2009 Stanford Leopold Leadership Fellowship and 2008 Pew Marine Fellowship. Sumaila was named a Hokkaido University Ambassador in 2016. He has given talks at the UN Rio+20, the WTO, the White House, the Canadian Parliament, the African Union and the British House of Lords.
Rashid’s work has generated a great deal of interest and has been cited by, among others, the Economist, the Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune and the Vancouver Sun. For more about his list of publications, click here.