Originally published August 2 2005
Fish numbers are getting smaller, UN says
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Mediterranean Sea fish are dwindling in numbers, according to a new study by the UN Food and Agricultural Administration.
Catches in the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea are running around 1.5 million metric tons per year, well off the 2 million metric tons per year averaged during the 1982-1988 period.
"Generally, fish-catch per unit of fishing effort -- a measure often viewed as key indicator of the state of wild stocks -- is declining in the Mediterranean," said Alain Bonzon, head of the FAO-affiliated General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean.
The FAO's latest global assessment identified a number of Mediterranean stocks as overexploited -- including bluefin tuna, Atlantic bonito, hake, swordfish, whiting, striped mullet and sea bream.
Bonzon urged coastal nations to cooperate to save declining fish stocks.
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