Poorer nations depleting tropics' stocks -- study

摘要

Overfishing by low-income nations is depleting fish stocks in the tropics, a new study says. While marine catch has decreased elsewhere in the world, in the tropics fishing now accounts for almost 45 percent of the global wild marine catch, compared with 12 percent in 1950, according to early findings from the "State of the Tropics" report. Many wild ocean fishing companies won't be able to ramp up production until management plans replenish the stocks, the report said. Globally, fish makes up 16 percent of animal protein intake, but that increases to 20 percent in poorer nations with less food, most of which are in the tropics.