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Sustainable aquaculture needed for food security
http://www.ecoseed.org/en/living-green/environment/article/51-environment/844-sustainable-aquaculture-needed-for-food-security
Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Aquaculture desperately needs to be put on a more sustainable basis, said the 
global environment organization, World Wildlife Fund, recently.

The statement came after the release of the report, “State of the World’s 
Fisheries and Aquaculture 2008” (SOFIA 2008), which was released by the UN 
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and which said that food supplies 
from aquaculture now equal those from ocean and fishwater capture fisheries. 
The report also notes a continuing drop in yields from the world’s marine 
capture fisheries.

However, SOFIA 2008 also recorded a rise to 80% in the number of fisheries 
that are fully or over-exploited, adding yet more weight to predictions that 
collapsing fish stocks threaten food security.

“The dramatic growth in aquaculture makes it more urgent to ensure 
aquaculture becomes sustainable and that supplying the stock and feed for 
fish farming becomes less of a burden on traditional fisheries,” said Miguel 
Jorge, Director of WWF’s Global Marine Programme.

WWF is calling for fisheries to be managed in line with scientific advice, 
for more closed seasons and areas to allow stock to recover, for reductions 
in bycatch, and for an end to the subsidies that distort the relationship 
between fishing effort and fishing resource.

- Katrice R. Jalbuena

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http://www.panda.org/?157763/Farmed-fish-and-shrimps-need-sustainability-boost