Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Fisheries Matter

Did you know that fisheries products are the world's most widely traded foods, supporting a $500 billion global economy, and that fishing is the largest extractive use of wildlife in the world? Billions of people around the world in developing countries depend upon wild fish for a substantial part of their animal protein and nutrition. This video explores why "Fisheries Matter" to global and local food security and what actions can be taken to improve and sustain fisheries productivity and the biodiversity upon which it depends.