The consumption of seafood. That is, essentially, the amount of wild fish there. Fish stocks tend to be a lagging indicator to fishing intensity. The share of global fishmeal used by the aquaculture sector increased from 33% in 2000 to 69% in 2016, while the share of global fish oil used by aquaculture rose from 55% to 75%. Photograph by Eliana Huffman. 2. The charts here show the distribution of fish farming (also known as aquaculture) by country. Over this period, the share going towards aquaculture increased. To make this easier I have created the following visualization, which presents an overview of the most common fishing methods. You can add more regions using the blue add region button. This would allow trawling activity to continue but would protect important areas of our ocean at the same time. We will look at whats happening to global fish stocks in a follow-up article. Well, first, the very fact that we dont have good data is itself bad news. Fisheries that are not carrying out these assessments will struggle to maintain this balance. Meat consumption per capita refers to the total meat retained for use in country per person per year. One option is therefore to ban specific types of gear rather than banning the practice completely. Add country Whats the story here? The balance of these two gives us an estimate of how many there really are. Catch may be low because populations have been depleted. We see this in the chart, which shows global fish catch since 1950. This is followed by Indonesia, India, Vietnam and the United States. Not only does it provide an important source of protein, fish also contains other nutrients and vitamins that are important for overall health, such as vitamin A, calcium, iron and omega-3 fatty acids.5. Lets first look at the question of how much of the seafloor is affected by trawling. Fish farming also known as aquaculture has boomed over the last 50 years. Historical records from the UK give us further understanding of the long-term trend in fisheries. We see that by extrapolating the trend line it reaches 100% in 2048. (2017). National Fisheries Institute's (NFI) recently released top 10 list of seafood consumption in 2021 indicates Americans consumed a record 20.5 pounds of seafood per capita - a 1.5 pound increase over 2020. If we cant or dont want to eliminate it completely, there are still things we can do to limit its impacts. We can break this down by wild catch and fish farming. Fish and seafood is an important source of nutrition for many people across the world. Tunas in the Atlantic and Pacific are managed close to their maximum sustainable yield. The share of stocks that are overfished has increased over the last half century. Globally, employment in the industry has increased by 60%, but with much faster growth in aquaculture. They are recovering but still need more time to return to sustainable levels. How much fish do people across the world eat, and how much of our nutrition does it provide? Discarding in the North Sea and on the historical efficacy of gear-based technical measures in reducing discards. Oxford University Press. How much of the worlds ocean is protected? Thurstan, R. H., Brockington, S., & Roberts, C. M. (2010). Available at: www.protectedplanet.net. The Maximum Sustainable Yield is the sweet-spot where we can catch as much fish as possible without reducing that fish population below the most productive level. In the chart we see the same metric as before fish stocks measured by biomass across different types. The development of steam trawlers in the 1880s allowed vessels to fish further offshore, for longer periods of time, and with gear that could reach deeper into the ocean. 3. Others experienced a lot. In the same way that most of us view elephants or monkeys. Many have reported that Boris Worms 2006 paper has since been retracted. In this article we look at how much of the seafloor is trawled; what the consequences are; and what we can do to reduce its impacts. One school of thought (often adopted by environmentalists, ecologists or animal welfare advocates) views fish as an animal in its own right; just as we view most other groups of animals. Its useful to look at all of these impacts in case there are large trade-offs between them. Abundance and biology tell us how many fish we would otherwise expect to be there before we remove any. Second, this is an issue that is often hidden from official statistics. Chicken is one of the most popular foods on Earth. First, we see that global fish catch has been relatively stable since 1990. For example, they might be used to set catch limits at levels that are sustainable given the dynamics and health of the fish population. Portuguese catch from bottom trawling has fallen by 90% since the 1960s.32 In 2016, the European Commission also banned bottom trawling in deeper water, below 800 meters. Here we have to differentiate between national territorial waters that is, parts of the ocean typically closer to coastlines that countries have national rights over and international waters (also called the high seas) that do not belong to any single country. In M. Sinclair & G. Valdimarsson, eds. Browse by topic. We see that much more of the worlds national waters are protected than international ones. Of course, it wont apply to all fisheries across these regions. In 2018, this was 8.6 million tonnes of animals. Underfished: this is when fish catch is less than the reproduction rate of fish populations. And sharks are declining rapidly a worrying trend. Examples of this include changes in the size and shape of mesh and hook, adding escape panels to trap nets, or the use of underwater lights or acoustic alarms.41 This has been shown to be effective in multiple contexts.42 Some countries Belize is one example go as far as to ban non-selective fishing gear completely.43. Fruit consumption by fruit type. Rebuilding marine life. This gives us a static view of global fisheries, but how has this been changing over time? Roberts, C. M.The Unnatural History of the Sea(Island Press, 2007). Not just in Europe, but worldwide. Some will be well-managed and healthy. Second, weve been discovering blends of plant-based ingredients which offer all of the essential nutrients; this reduces the need for fishmeal and oil. The increase followed a slight decrease in consumption in 2022, where Americans consumed 19 pounds of seafood - down . Shrimp consumption grew by nearly a pound per person, solidifying its place as America's favorite seafood. Globally we throw just under 10% of the fish and marine animals we catch back into the ocean. The case of the UK, Portugal and Spain are shown in the chart. It covers many of the worlds key fishing regions: the United States, Canada, Norway, Iceland, Europe, Peru, Chile, Argentina, high seas tuna fisheries, New Zealand, and Japan, plus most of the major fisheries of South Africa and Australia. Back in 2009, it covered 166 of the worlds fish stocks which accounted for around 20% of global fish catch.15 Today it covers over 1,200 fish stocks, which is more than 50% of global catch. Hiddink, J. G., Jennings, S., & Kaiser, M. J. Shrimp, canned tuna and salmon remain in the top positions on the annual list of Americas most popular seafood items. Land use, nitrogen and phosphorus emissions, and freshwater use are only shown for farmed seafood wild-caught fish do not really create these environmental impacts. This is a positive sign. Researchers Dirk Zeller, Daniel Pauly, Maria Palomares, can reconstruct this data from estimates of how much discards are captured from different fishing methods.38 For example the percentage of catch from bottom trawls that ends up being discarded. B = Biological factors. Many fisheries are in a stable position, and not following the projected curve of collapse. Discards are not reported. Discussions on fisheries can be full of jargon. Fish too much, and the population cant be maintained. Nature, 580(7801), 39-51. A seafood paella made with mussels from Maine and jumbo wild-caught white shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico along with other ingredients. Nature, 591(7851), 551-563. This ties in with the classic Brundtland definition of sustainability: meeting the needs of the current generation, without sacrificing the needs of future generations. But in most comparisons of food products, theyre aggregated into one or two categories, such as marine fish or freshwater fish. We see this in the other chart which plots discards since 1950. In blue we see the more recent data from Worm and Hilborns collaboration of fish stock (abundance) data. The same would apply to fish: we should allow populations to increase back to their historical levels. It shows the biomass of fish populations. While Austria and the United States tops the chart in daily calorie intake, countries that tails concerning the average daily dietary consumption per person are Burundi and Eritrea. The types of gear used for trawling can have very different impacts. 90% was brought ashore and used for human food or animal feed. Dietary compositions by commodity group. Attention to addressing undernourishment in low-and middle-income countries has expanded notably since the beginning of the 21st century. Is the global fishing industry sustainable? Effect of aquaculture on world fish supplies. In recent years mackerels have dropped below the optimal level due to increased fishing intensity. (ed. Fish are killed needlessly; and the fact that these fish are not sold or eaten means that no one benefits from more income or food. The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum. We dont have good global records that go so far back in time, but we can draw upon data from some rich countries that have statistical records dating back centuries. All other material, including data produced by third parties and made available by Our World in Data, is subject to the license terms from the original third-party authors. Nature communications,1(1), 1-6. This means they have a much lower impact than foods such as beef or lamb. The Canadian East Coast has seen a large decline in recent years. You can explore this data for any country using the + Change country button on the interactive charts. The width of the bar shows us how variable this can be: it tells us what the largest and smallest impact can be for each species. Trawling, dredging and pole-and-line: what methods do we use to catch fish? This means 92% is unprotected. Farmed fish do require land, and can produce nutrient pollution from the production of feed to grow them. This has improved massively in the decades since then. Some of us might picture a lone fisherman with a wooden fishing rod. Rome. We know much less about the status of fish stocks across Asia, Africa and South America. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 59.5 million people globally were employed as fishers (catching wild fish) or fish farming (aquaculture) in 2018. The latest numbers demonstrate Americans have expanded their taste for seafood with the help of fresh and frozen. Two-thirds were biologically sustainable, where 60% were maximally fished, and 6% were underfished. Help us do this work by making a donation. All the software and code that we write is open source and made available via GitHub under the permissive MIT license. Help us do this work by making a donation. Now this figure is around 100,000. This data is sourced fromPauly D., Zeller D., Palomares M.L.D. Finally, we see that larger-scale practices are growing in some countries as they transition from small, subsistence fishing to larger industrial practices. Fish farms are fed from other sources. When we view fish through different lenses, these debates dont get very far. Our World in Data is free and accessible for everyone. A., Pauly, D., & Raicevich, S. (2021). Beam trawls lose 14%. 6 The highest seafood consumers are countries including Iceland, the Maldives and Hong Kong which consume over 70 . Indeed, most discards come from large fisheries. However, these 3 countries . For example, we might need to know the ratio of adult versus juvenile fish to estimate the reproduction rate of the population. Which types of fish are we harvesting sustainably, and where are we overfishing? How many people are employed in fisheries and aquaculture? In a paper published in Nature, Enric Sala and colleagues estimate that around 5 million square kilometers (km2) of seabed is trawled each year.24 In the chart below Ive put this into context of the global seabed area as a whole. For the ecosystem to get back to its pre-trawling state takes a few years, if its left alone. It hit the headlines again after featuring in the popular Netflix documentary Seaspiracy, earlier this year. Its where fish catch is equal to the reproduction rate. As we saw earlier, discards have fallen since the 1990s. A few groups are not faring so well. Five centuries of cod catches in Eastern Canada. Nature. Is it becoming more or less common? RAM Legacy Stock Assessment Database. China is the world's leading seafood consumer. Fillets and steaks had the next highest percentage of 19% per capita consumption, followed by shrimp (all) at 18% and. This has improved significantly in recent decades, but is still well above 1. It is the most consumed seafood in the United States, above salmon. Our World in Data. Particularly since the late 1980s, annual production has increased rapidly. This bottom component is what were most interested in. What do we know about the health of fish stocks across the world? Consumption of animal products in the EAT-Lancet diet. Unfortunately many in poorer countries are heavily reliant on cereals and lack this dietary diversity. Researchers have carried out studies to see what impact trawling has on wildlife either through experimental methods, or observing real-world impacts. Second, many aquaculture species are not fed fishmeal or oils at all. Many tuna species have seen a significant recovery through improved management especially in US and European waters. Prez Roda, M.A. Portugal, South Korea and Japan are high on the list of fish consumers. We see this in the chart. Actual consumption will be a little lower due to consumer food waste. So, its not just feed for fish farms. Regulations in marine protected areas can vary but includes interventions such as no fishing zones; restrictions on fishing such as the type of gear that can be used; bans or restrictions on activities such as mining; and regulations on inputs to the ocean from rivers and industrial effluents. The RAM Legacy database first launched in 2009 is led by a team at the University of Washington and is the most widely used in research and is adopted by the UN Fisheries Division. We see, for example, that bottom trawling is the dominant method used in China and India. Therefore, there are a lot of people who eat chicken regularly. If it is partly fed by wild fish, perhaps more fish farms means more pressure on wild fish stocks? Looking at the median footprints allow us to make quick, general assessments of the high- and lowest-impact species. That matters for where you source wild-caught fish from: sourcing from European or American fisheries might be a safer choice if you want to ensure they are sustainable. Worm, B., Hilborn, R., Baum, J. K., Branch, T. A., Collie, J. S., Costello, C., & Zeller, D. (2009). Sustainability in action. They published their results in 2009 in the journal Science.11 They concluded that although around two-thirds of assessed fisheries are below the biomass that would give us the maximum sustainable yield, catch is now within or even below sustainable levels in 7 of the 10 studied ecosystems. Here were measuring these stocks relative to the maximum sustainable yield. But, this is not reflected in the data on fishing activity. As we will see later, this prediction has not played out in reality. This has been good news for the health of global fish stocks. So, if we hold fishing intensity too high (above one) even if only slightly then stocks will inevitably fall below one until fishing pressures are reduced. Naylor, R. L., Hardy, R. W., Buschmann, A. H., Bush, S. R., Cao, L., Klinger, D. H., & Troell, M. (2021). But there has been one concern about the rise of aquaculture in relation to wild fish stocks. The other two-thirds, though, are sustainable and not in decline. Fishery Technology, 55: 118.Wienbeck, H., Herrmann, B., Moderhak, W. & Stepputtis, D. 2011. Many countries have reduced the use of trawling. Which fishing methods are responsible for the most discards? In general we tend to see that the impacts of farmed seafood are much less variable than wild-caught; the red bars are much thinner than the blue. Lets take salmon as an example. The FIFO improved for all aquaculture species. Now we see that not only are there large differences in the median between each. A review of trawl selectivity studies carried out along Indian coast. This is the maximum sustainable yield, where were catching as much fish as possible without reducing fish populations below the most productive level. Will erasing economic ties hinder climate progress? Fish and Fisheries, 6(2): 134155. Thats part of the explanation for why feed inputs in the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s were higher than aquaculture production. To read the rest of . Effective management of fisheries across Europe, and North America means that many of these fish stocks are stable and no longer in decline.23 Unfortunately we know much less about the health of fish stocks across Asia and much of Africa, but many of these stocks are likely to be overfished. That would massively overstate the efficiency of fish farms. It shows us first, in red, the observations in the Worm et al. When we cut down primary rainforest we are locking ourselves into a recovery period of many decades. Geography Food. Thats good news. - FoodIndustry.Com What country consumes the most seafood? 84% of this was used for direct human consumption. Improved satellite and GPS tracking technologies mean that scientists can now map trawling patterns at high-resolution. For more details, review our .chakra .wef-12jlgmc{-webkit-transition:all 0.15s ease-out;transition:all 0.15s ease-out;cursor:pointer;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;outline:none;color:inherit;font-weight:700;}.chakra .wef-12jlgmc:hover,.chakra .wef-12jlgmc[data-hover]{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.chakra .wef-12jlgmc:focus,.chakra .wef-12jlgmc[data-focus]{box-shadow:0 0 0 3px rgba(168,203,251,0.5);}privacy policy. That means that even if bycatch did not decline, the amount of discards would. Ask local experts about the state of fish stocks and most have a similar take: they are in poor condition.17. So, how much of our animal protein comes from seafood? The decline that Worm et al. The impacts across the seafood products are shown in the charts. It slopes downwards towards the right: if we fish very little then lots of fish are left in the ocean and as we increase fishing pressure, we deplete the amount of fish in our oceans. Many of the effective solutions to reduce discards relies on effective monitoring and enforcement of fishery policies. Are things getting worse? In the chart we see the spread of greenhouse gas emissions among the different types of seafood. WASHINGTON, D.C. June 7, 2023 In 2021, Americans consumed a record 20.5 pounds of seafood per capita, a whopping increase of 1.5 pounds from 2020's figures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(4), 2218-2224. In this case animal sources of protein can be vitally important for human health. In the chart we see how these stocks are doing. This is available here: http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/software/fishstatj/en. The world now produces more seafood from fish farms than wild catch. How much of the worlds fish is managed sustainably? Environmental performance of blue foods. Across Asia, its common for the same area to be trawled 3 to 10 times per year. Fishers are therefore incentivized to bring more of their bycatch to land and sell it. But aquaculture production has grown quickly. But the fact that discards have been falling means that we can do something about it. Sala, E., Mayorga, J., Bradley, D., Cabral, R. B., Atwood, T. B., Auber, A., & Lubchenco, J. But often they will throw these unwanted fish back into the water. Many of the tuna stocks that were the biggest concern have managed to turn things around. We will soon look at whats happening to fish stocks in the regions we do have good data for. projected in their earlier paper has not come true. Thats why its so common: one-quarter of the worlds fish are caught this way. As these fish tend to also have a low carbon and land footprint, farmed fish can be a low-impact source of protein. They are carried out using the ABC method This is the collection of three key metrics: A = Abundance. How many people are employed in these industries? We can see these two schools of thought emerge in the typical diagram of sustainable fishing. If youre doing the latter, youre going to end up with lots of unwanted animals in your net. In the chart we see the breakdown of global fish catch in 2017.33 The world caught around 109 million tonnes of fish. The figureheads on both sides of the debate Ray Hilborn and Boris Worm both featured on a debate on National Public Radio. Ecosystems, 9(7), 1190-1199. That is partly why they have such low emissions; and they need no additional land either. In the chart here we see five centuries of cod catch in Eastern Canada.1 These fishing records date back to the year 1500. This has been confirmed from some smaller scientific surveys in the region. But we should be careful about using this comparison. Fisheries management impacts on target species status. The other chart shows us how employment has changed since 1995. Protein consumption habits vary by market Per Capita Meat, Fish, and Seafood Consumption by Market in 2014 (Total Volume) Source: Euromonitor International. One-fifth (21%) of catch from bottom trawls is discarded. What can we do to reduce the impacts of trawling? Many more stocks have not been assessed and these are likely to be in regions where monitoring is poor; and illegal catch is poorly regulated. In our related article we take a closer look at different concepts of sustainable fishing, and how this sweet spot the maximum sustainable yield is defined. Most of this was poultry. Sea Around Us Concepts, Design and Data (seaaroundus.org). A third assessment of global marine fisheries discards. The share that is overexploited has been relatively stable in recent decades. Its not the case that we put 12.6 million tonnes of feed in, and magically get 112 million tonnes of fish back. (2021). One innovation has helped to alleviate some of the pressure on wild fish catch: aquaculture, the practice of fish and seafood farming. Please consult our full legal disclaimer. .chakra .wef-facbof{display:inline;}@media screen and (min-width:56.5rem){.chakra .wef-facbof{display:block;}}You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. Youre not going to generate the same unwanted catch using a fishing rod as you are from bottom trawling dragging a large net along the seafloor. It does not include post-farm processes such as transport to retail, packaging or cooking.20. One of the biggest conflicts I see is not actually about technical discussions of how much fish we catch, or whether populations are increasing or decreasing, but a larger ethical conflict in how we view fish. How much seafood do we produce from aquaculture (fish farming)? If we cut down the Amazon rainforest, it is decades if not centuries before it gets back to its previous state (if it gets there at all). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(1), 178-183. This is not true. The Western Pacific yellowfin fell by three-quarters. If you choose wild-caught salmon you could be picking a low-carbon, or a high-carbon protein source. Head-off shrimp has good demand in the global market. Production has continued to grow while the output of wild fisheries has slowed, or even plateaued. Portugal, South Korea and Japan are also high on the list of fish lovers, while landlocked countries such as Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Tajikistan are at the other end of the scale with per capita fish consumption of less than 1 kilogram per year. These assessments have become the bedrock of fisheries management. The health of the worlds fish populations is one of our biggest concerns when it comes to the sustainability of fishing. We see these stocks in the chart. But lets first look at total production, from the sum of these two methods. Around 11% of fish catch is used as feed for aquaculture today. Naylor, R. L., Goldburg, R. J., Primavera, J. H., Kautsky, N., Beveridge, M. C., Clay, J., & Troell, M. (2000). Several years might seem like a long time, but its actually pretty fast for an ecosystem to recover. Note that this measure is a flow it is an input variable that changes over time. The research community had previously been divided: one camp had a more optimistic take on the status of the worlds fisheries and prospects for the future; one had a more pessimistic take. Note that feed from fishmeal and oils is the combination of feed used for aquaculture and land-based livestock. The world produces around 200 million tonnes of fish and seafood every year. Some countries in the world eat close to 100 kilograms of seafood per person each year. Over half of the worlds fish catch. Bottom-trawling where large fishing nets are dragged along the seabed is very high in countries such as China, India and Indonesia. Israel eats the most poultry, at 64.9 kilograms per capita annually. We might hypothesize that this decline was the result of reduced fishing efforts. Again, this is measured relative to the intensity at the maximum sustainable yield. Celebrity Photo Minefield: H. 4. and Baum, J.K. (2012) Evaluating the knowledge base and status of commercially exploited marine species with the RAM Legacy Stock Assessment Database. Their data came from the UN FAO database on fisheries landings (the amount of fish brought back to land). Here were looking at the median across all of the assessed studies.21 These impacts are shown per kilogram of edible weight. 5% went to land-based livestock such as cows, pigs and chickens. Its where we can catch as much fish as possible annually without depleting stocks any further. You have permission to use, distribute, and reproduce these in any medium, provided the source and authors are credited. Most farmed seafood needs less land and freshwater, and causes less nitrogen and phosphorus pollution. This project relies on multiple sources but primarily the FishStat database published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This ratio tells us about fish inputs, which is only one part of their total diet. Some regions are fishing much more sustainably than others. Global analysis of depletion and recovery of seabed biota after bottom trawling disturbance. Its an incredibly efficient way to catch seafood. Its hard to understand fish stocks if large numbers of fish kills are going unmonitored. Where did this claim come from, and is it true? Many have compared this area to the Amazon Rainforest.26 To some extent, the areas do match: the Amazon rainforest spans approximately 5 million km2. In second place is Iceland with almost 92 kg. But, since the millennium, better management of fisheries and reduced overfishing means that many of these stocks are recovering. ICES Journal of Marine Science. All other material, including data produced by third parties and made available by Our World in Data, is subject to the license terms from the original third-party authors. Therefore much of our work on fish on Our World in Data will explore these concepts, and explain what the research and data tells us about fish stocks, catch and the sustainability of fishing across the world. This data is sourced from the Sea Around Us database, published by Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller and Maria Palomares.4. Sometimes we feed them fishmeal and fish oils. Conservation biology, 12(6), 1180-1197. We might imagine that a coral that sticks out from the seabed will be flattened, while organisms deeper in the sediment might survive. This decline is seen even more clearly in this chart, which shows the amount of wild fish used as animal feed (in blue) and aquaculture production (in red).35 As we will see later, in its infancy, the aquaculture industry was inefficient. When fishers go out to catch fish, it would be great if they only caught the fish that they needed. Nature, 591(7851), 551-563. With a landmark year, Shrimp grew its number by nearly a pound . This, again, is a flow variable. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00435.x. First, we have the fish catch shown as the red line. The trend looks worse for those in the Indian Ocean. They show a large reduction in fish stocks over time. In 2018, hard blue crab landings made up nearly half of the 289 million pounds of crab landed by U.S. commercial fishermen in state and federal waters. As of 2021, 7.7% of the total ocean is protected. That is shown by the second bar. On the x-axis we have the depth into the ocean sediment that the trawl reaches. The other school of thought views fish as a resource. Global demand for seafood might have increased, but wild fish populations are finite. In fact, rapid growth of aquaculture over the last few decades means we now produce more seafood from fish farms than we do from fisheries. The seafood industry is not only an important source of nutrition for many; it is also a key source of income for at least 59 million people. Its the number of fish multiplied by their mass. The effects of 118 years of industrial fishing on UK bottom trawl fisheries. But in reality, it is still the most efficient method of catching seafood which is why so many countries continue to use it. Fish and Fisheries 13 (4) 380-398. 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