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SAVE OUR PLANET UK Study Shows 94 Percent Fish Stock Fall Since 1889

  • Posted on August 13, 2011 at 11:09 pm

SAVE OUR PLANET… British fish species plummet 94% in the last 118 years. Researchers from the University of York in the United Kingdom have found that the industrialization of fishing has exploited fish stocks and has dramatically altered seabed ecosystems, with many marine species that have since collapsed. Species that have been heavily fished as food items, such as halibut, turbot and plaice have fallen 94% in numbers in since 1889. Moreover, cod has declined 87%, with hake decreasing by more than 95%. The researchers note that fishing laws and quotas have thus far been ineffective in replenishing fish populations. Study co-author Ruth Thurstan commented, “I hope this allows people to realize just how much the seas have been altered and how much has been lost.” Meanwhile, overfishing combined with global warming and pollution, has also endangered other regions such as the Mediterranean Sea. Philippe Cousteau, son of French environmentalist and explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau, is also CEO of the ocean education organization EarthEco International. He commented on the drastic change of the world’s oceans since the time of his grandfather, legendary oceanographer and conservationist Jacques-Yves Cousteau. (Interview in English) Philippe Cousteau (M): The Mediterranean Ocean is a dead sea. Well, my grandfather was diving 40-50 years ago. You can go back and see those films and look at that footage. And you go back to the same places today and it’s changed so much. And …

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