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Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries - A Critical Appraisal of Catches and Ecosystem Impacts (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries - A Critical Appraisal of Catches and Ecosystem Impacts (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Until now, there has been only one source of data on global fishery
catches: information reported to the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations by member countries. An
extensive, ten-year study conducted by The Sea Around Us Project of
the University of British Columbia shows that this catch data is
fundamentally misleading. Many countries underreport the amount of
fish caught (some by as much as 500%), while others such as China
significantly overreport their catches. The Global Atlas of Marine
Fisheries is the first and only book to provide accurate,
country-by-country fishery data. This groundbreaking information
has been gathered from independent sources by the world's foremost
fisheries experts, and edited by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller of
the Sea Around Us Project. The Atlas includes one-page reports on
272 nations or regions, plus fourteen topical global chapters.
National reports describe the state of the country's fishery, by
sector; the policies, politics, and social factors affecting it;
and potential solutions. The global chapters address cross-cutting
issues, from the economics of fisheries to the impacts of
mariculture. Extensive maps and graphics offer attractive and
accessible visual representations. While it has long been clear
that the world's oceans are in trouble, the lack of reliable data
on fishery catches has obscured the scale, and nuances, of the
crisis. The atlas shows that, globally, catches have declined
rapidly since the 19805, signalling an even more critical situation
than previously understood. The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries
provides a comprehensive picture of our current predicament and
steps that can be taken to ease it. For researchers, students,
fishery managers, professionals in the fishing industry, and all
others concerned with the status of the world's fisheries, the
Atlas will be an indispensable resource.
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