Sustainable Fishing

By: Abdullah Tariq

Class: 8-T
Introduction to sustainable fishing
Sustainable
fishing means
leaving enough •Sustainable fish stocks
fish in the ocean,
respecting •Minimizing
habitats and environmental impact
ensuring people
who depend on •Effective fisheries
fishing can management
maintain their
livelihoods.
 What is over fishing?
Over fishing is the removal of species of fish from a body of water at a rate that the species
cannot replenish in time , resulting in those species either becoming depleted or very
unpopulated in the given area

Sustainable fishing Over fishing

Habitats Habitats are

are destroyed
preserved

The
species are Species are
saved endangered

Affects the Affects the

ecosystems ecosystem in
in a very a very
positive way negative way
REASONS OF
OVER FISHING
1. Poor Fisheries
Management

2. Unsustainable Fishing

3. Illegal and Unregulated

Fishing Activities

4. Economic and Food

Needs

5. Open Access Fisheries

 How can we sustain fishing
There are ways to fish sustainably, allowing us to enjoy seafood while ensuring that populations
remain for the future. In many indigenous cultures, people have fished sustainably for thousands
of years. Today’s sustainable fishing practices reflect some lessons learned from these cultures.
• In the Philippines, the Tagbanua people have traditionally employed fishing practices that
simultaneously harvest and maintain fish populations. They continue to follow these practices
today. Tagbanuas fish for specific species only during certain times of the year, determined
by tides and the moon, allowing fish stocks to replenish themselves.
• Some of these sustainable fishing practices are still used today. Native Hawaiians practice cast-
net fishing and spearfishing. Modern spearfishing is practiced all over the world, including in
South America, Africa, Australia, and Asia. In many cases, spear guns are now used to propel
the spear underwater. Spearfishing is a popular recreational activity in some areas of the
United States, including Florida and Hawaii
• Another way to prevent overfishing and by catch is to simply abstain from eating fish and other
seafood. Dr. Sylvia Earle, renowned marine scientist and National Geographic Explorer-in-
Residence, suggests people need to take a break from eating seafood until we learn better how
to maintain healthy fish and wildlife populations.
Fishing has dropped in Pakistan drastically!

Water pollution

Over fishing

Threat of mangroves
 Economical and ecological effects
Ecological importance
• Sustainable fishing results in a
tremendous recovery of fish stocks and
their habitats. Furthermore, healthy fish
stocks and a healthy ocean environment
are crucial for the livelihoods of coastal
communities.
Economic importance
• The analysis looked at 4,373
fisheries around the world, and
found that those with sustainable
management plans — with
policies and regulations that
ensure a species isn’t overfished
and that prohibit environmentally
hazardous fishing techniques —
were more profitable than those
without them. In every country
they looked at, the benefits of
sustainable policies outweighed
the costs by an average ratio of
10 to 1.