Sustaining Fish Stocks
Managing fish stocks sustainably includes:
- Controlling the number of fish caught each year (quotas)
- Controlling the size of fish caught (to ensure there are enough fish of a suitable age for breeding remaining)
- Controlling the time of year that certain fish can be caught (to prevent large-scale depletion of stocks when fish come together in large numbers in certain areas to breed)
- Restocking (breeding and keeping offspring until they are large enough to survive in their natural habitat then releasing)
- Educating fishermen as to local and international laws and consumers so they are aware of types of fish which are not produced sustainably and can avoid them when buying fish
Sustaining Fish Stocks Diagram
Ways of controlling fishing to make it more sustainable