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Article: Steady resource management required to assure sustainable fishery yields. (includes related articles)
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- Quick Frozen Foods International
- Article date:
- April 1, 1995
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An abridged version of remarks made by Lee J. Weddig, executive vice president of the USA's National Fisheries Institute, at the trade association's 49th annual convention in San Diego, California.
It is no secret that global demand or fish has caught up with the availability of product from the oceans. Officials at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization report that world fish production peaked in 1989, then declined slightly for two years and has now leveled off at just below 100 million tons. The growth of the '80s resulted in more stocks becoming fully or overexploited.
Here's another look: We see that 44% of the major assessed stocks are fully or ...