![]() One innovation has helped to alleviate some of the pressure on wild fish catch: aquaculture, the practice of fish and seafood farming. Globally, the share of fish stocks which are overexploited – meaning we catch them faster than they can reproduce to sustain population levels – has more than doubled since the 1980s and this means that current levels of wild fish catch are unsustainable. This has increased pressure on fish stocks across the world. Not only has the world population more than doubled over this period, the average person now eats almost twice as much seafood as half a century ago. Global production of fish and seafood has quadrupled over the past 50 years. How much of the world’s ocean is protected?.How much of the world’s fish is discarded?.How much fish feed comes from wild fish?.What impact does trawling have on wildlife?.How much of the seabed is trawled each year?.What is the carbon, water, and pollution footprint of fish?. ![]()
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