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Report finds 35.5 percent of 2,570 global fish stocks are being overexploited
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A presenter said a newly released report assessing 2,570 global fish stocks found 35.5 percent are unsustainably exploited, with major regional differences and evidence that effective management can rebuild populations.
Staff member, presenter, said today that a newly released report assesses the sustainability of 2,570 fish stocks worldwide and found that 35.5 percent are being unsustainably exploited.
"Today, we are releasing a report that for the time has information on the sustainability of 2,570 fish stocks around the world," the presenter said. The presenter summarized the report's headline finding that 35.5 percent of fisheries are unsustainably exploited and noted wide regional variation.
The presenter provided regional details: in the Pacific-facing waters of Canada and the United States, more than 90 percent of stocks are classified as sustainably exploited, and in the Antarctic region, 100 percent of the stocks covered in the report were described as sustainably exploited. By contrast, the presenter said the northwest African coast through the Gulf of Guinea has seen more than half of its stocks overfished and that the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea are in a difficult situation, with 65 percent of stocks described as overexploited.
"The the main lesson of the report is that management works. Works," the presenter said, adding that effective management is required but that rebuilding populations is possible. "And it is important to recognize this because we know how to rebuild populations," the presenter said.
The presentation focused on the report's summary figures and regional patterns; no formal actions or votes were recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.
