Every year, on November 21st, World Fisheries Day is observed.
Launched in 1997 at a World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers meeting, which led to the creation of the World Fisheries Forum, this day is meant to bring awareness to the urgent need for sustainable fishing practices and measures.
To mark this day, we have summarized – in the animated video above – the fisheries-relevant findings of 10 research papers or projects in which the Sea Around Us has been involved in 2024.
- Shark alert: Global study documents increasing trend in shark mortality, identifies pathways to save threatened species
- Belizean fishers want changes in policy and practice to revert declining catch trends
- Unilateral efforts to combat illegal fishing may spur piracy in certain regions
- Scientists push WTO to ban fisheries subsidies
- Planet vs. Plastics – Ghost nets
- Industrial fleets operating in the Indian Ocean turn off monitoring systems, fail reporting obligations
- ‘Crucial milestone’ – The Sea Around Us reconstructs freshwater fisheries catches
- Fisheries research overestimates fish stocks
- Leading scientists redefine the notion of ‘sustainability’ to save the ocean
- Global North’s growing appetite for farmed salmon imperils communities’ access to local fish