fish stocks

Management of these ecosystems as a whole is needed to ensure the sustainability of commercial fish stocks.

Williams said Australia should step up collaboration with Southeast Asian countries to help manage fish stocks.

The decline of these tiny plankton will have impacted nearly all sea creatures and will also have affected fish stocks.

Global efforts to combat overfishing are starting to turn the tide to allow some fish stocks to recover, new analysis shows.

Elinor Ostrom, a professor from Indiana University, was honoured for her work on the management of common resources such as fish stocks.

So far there has been no discernible effect on fish stocks and almost all the fisheries have now reopened.

Due in part to increased human consumption of krill as fish stocks run low, blue whale numbers are only 3% of what they were in the 1800s.

Cambodia and Vietnam are concerned the dam, one of 11 planned for the Mekong, could affect fish stocks and rice production.

And from a practical point of view, this destruction of habitat contributes to the dwindling of fish stocks worldwide.

Pollution in waters near the region's urban centers also hurts fish stocks. Another threat is climate change.

Environmentalists argue that large-scale sand-dredging can deplete fish stocks and cause erosion, risking landslides and flooding.

Yangtze fish stocks have plunged since the 1950s, possibly limiting the porpoise's recovery, says Dudgeon.

It would also shed light on the interactions between wild and farmed fish stocks, an issue of increasing concern.

The next challenge will be creating marine reserves in areas where lots of people live by exploiting fish stocks.

The sealers add that it helps to preserve diminished fish stocks (though scientists dispute that).

Fish stocks have been invigorated by the fishery closures, and the moratorium on oil-drilling in the area has been lifted.

Then illegal fishing and dumping of toxic wastes by foreign fishing vessels affected our livelihood, depleting the fish stocks.

China claims almost the entire South China Sea, which contains vast oil and gas reserves, sizeable fish stocks and key global trade routes.

Countries are also competing to tap the sea's energy resources and exploit its fish stocks.

This fisherman says the area's once healthy fish stocks are in danger because of an increase in the number of fishing boats.

This ratio will guarantee maintenance of natural processes, ensuring the survival of fish stocks.

It's fairly well known that fish stocks are collapsing around the world.

It's not because fish are endangered, though wild fish stocks in many oceans are very low.

The Johannesburg summit set the goal of restoring depleted fish stocks to a sustainable level by 2015.

The waters straddle some of the world's busiest shipping lanes and rich fish stocks.

The business is already in decline due to dwindling fish stocks.

Capron claims that his scheme would have the positive side-effect of giving a major boost to fish stocks.

"Fish stocks are already under threat from overfishing and habitat loss, " said Turley.

Aquifers, like fish stocks, are most at risk when they cross national borders, making property rights weaker.

The remote region faces ecological meltdown as fish stocks are obliterated.

Fish stocks, though replenishable, can be exhausted.

Some 63% of assessed fish stocks worldwide still require rebuilding, the scientists report.

At the current rate, all fish stocks are threatened with exhaustion.

Right now on Earth, water tables arefalling, soil is eroding, glaciers are melting, and fish stocks are vanishing.

Sustainable seafood: There are a range of apps that provide information on sustainable fish stocks.

According to the local bureau of fisheries and aquatic resources, the prolonged drought has reduced fish stocks by more than 60 percent.

Dumping waste leads to reduced fish stocks and poor quality water.

The effects of declining fish stocks on the region are enormous.

DrWorm reckons that, the way things are going, commercial fish stocks will collapse completely by 2048.

In all of the world's oceans, fish stocks have declined dramatically.

Ms Ostrom studies " common pool resources " such as fish stocks or groundwater .

And fishermen report a rise in some fish stocks.

Overfishing not only causes depletion in individual fish stocks, but also disruption to entire ecosystems and food webs in the ocean.

To prevent overfishing and to allow fish stocks to rebuild, federal officials set up a new regulation system last year.

Some fishermen think that if fish stocks in their area are depleted, they can just go to the waters of another country.

Cornish says poor marine management is one reason for the decline of fish stocks in the region - for example in Hong Kong.

Final Act of the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks;

Present Condition of Fish Stocks in Hengshui Lake and Its Protection, Utilization and Development

The CFF's goals are threefold: to increase conservation measures supporting commercial fish stocks and their natural habitats;

Draft Convention on the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks on the high seas;

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

The conservation and management of shared fish stocks: legal and economic aspects

Agriculture Report - How Overfishing Threatens Asia's Wild Fish Stocks

Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks;

Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Migratory Fish Stocks;

Fish stocks are dropping rapidly. Predators are falling fastest

Conference on straddling and migratory fish stocks;

Present Situation of Fish Stocks in Baiyangdian Lake

Fixing the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2011

Management of shared fish stocks