World Fishing & Aquaculture
March 5, 2013
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has published a new report that shows a big improvement in volumes of sustainable fish, but also shows that many fisheries are failing to improve.
Covering 51 principal whitefish fisheries around the world, the report found that 41.5% of the total volume of whitefish supplied to market comes from fisheries in a very good condition (category A); 37.5% of the total volume of whitefish supplied to market comes from fisheries that are in good shape but would benefit from improvements in management regime (category B); and 21% of the total volume of whitefish comes from fisheries that have not been effectively managed and significant improvements are required (category C).