Undercurrent News
4 December 2014
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has released its annual review of the world’s wild salmon fisheries, concluding that half of fish comes from fisheries that need significant improvements.
According to SFP, 48% of the total volume of Pacific salmon comes from fisheries in need of significant improvements, of which 22% is accounted for by Russian fisheries with illegal fishing issues; 13% by Japanese chum fisheries with hatchery issues; and 10% by Prince William Sound, Alaska, fisheries with hatchery issues.
All of the Pacific Northwest US and Japanese fisheries included in the report need improvements, SFP said.
On the other hand, 52% of the total volume of Pacific salmon comes from well or reasonably managed fisheries. This includes 99% of coho, 87% of sockeye, 60% of pink, 48% of chinook, and 23% of chum salmon global harvest.
In addition, 74% of Alaskan, 95% of British Columbian, and 47% of Russian salmon harvest volumes come from well or reasonably managed fisheries.