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The global rich are eating the poor's fish: new report shows tropical fish catch gravely under-estimated Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com July 11, 2008
"The underreporting is of such magnitude that it boggles the mind," the head of the study, Daniel Pauly, said. The reason for the large gaps in data is that the United Nations' Food and Agriculture (FAO) does most of its data collecting on fish that is traded. In other words, any fish that is caught and brought home by the fisher goes unrecorded.
"This is the antithesis of the Robin Hood parable. Instead of stealing from the rich to give to the poor, we're stealing from the poor to give to the rich," Jennifer Jacquet, one of the researchers on the study, said. For many of these island countries locally-caught fish is an invaluable source of protein. The researchers argue that in order to have reasonable management plans for the world's marine life, better estimates of global fishing need to become a priority. The study, undertaken by scientists from the Sea Around Us Project, was presented at the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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