Angler For Ever

Fishing down the foodweb

See also: Environmental effects of fishing and Overfishing

Issues involving fishing include environmental effects of fishing and fish farms, overfishing and by-catch, marine pollution and mercury levels.

These conservation issues are part of marine conservation, and are addressed in fisheries science programs. There is a growing gap between how many fish are available to be caught and humanity’s desire to catch them, a problem that gets worse as the world population grows.

Similar to other environmental issues, there can be conflict between the fishermen who depend on fishing for their livelihoods and fishery scientists who realise that if future fish populations are to be sustainable then some fisheries must limit fishing or cease operations.

From Wikipedia