Show 4 4 A14 ' NATIONWORLD The Salt Lake Tribune - Overbmit Fleets Hammer World s Fish Populations Lo' By Ken Miller : — If global WASHINGTON overlishing continues at its current pace the developing world — where seafood is a vital part of the diet — will suffer "We're reaching the limits of the ocean" said Peter Weber author of a fisheries report issued this weekend by Washington-baseWorldwatch Institute an environmental-policthink tank d prices rose from $50 a ton in 1961 to $1300 a ton in 1981 contribut- ing to a near halving of consumption fish-protei- n 0 El 0 y ' "The biggest management problem we're facing is that we're Better Management: Fish ODD stocks that are "managed" to avoid overfishing could yield even greater catches — Weber and others estimate an additional 20 million tons "The bottom line is that the resource is being mismanaged" he said adding that if fisheries were healthy the world catch could be up to 100 million tons a year rather than today's 80 million tons "There is room for expansion in the marine catch" he said but only after fishing pressure is sharply reduced and stocks given a chance to recover That is beginning to happen in New England where the Commerce Department has been forced to chop the amount of fishing nearly in half to give key species time to bounce Depleting Species: The problem of overbuilt fishing fleets is well documented in the United States where such fisheries as the Northwest salmon Gulf of Mexico shrimp and New England cod flounder and haddock are on the skids : In one New England port alone New Bedford Mass the economic dislocation from the endangered fishery is projected at more than $30 million Weber described a pattern of "serial overfishing" in which fishing fleets drain species after species depleting the stocks to levels below that needed to replenish themselves then moving on to new targets Adding to the problem is environmental pollution particularly from coastal areas that threatens baWeber said the impacts of can spread beyond the loss of protein in human diets as fish and shellfish are crucial cogs in marine ecosystems For example oysters in the Chesapeake Bay once were so abundant they could filter the equivalent of all the bays water in less than two weeks There are so few left today that it would take a year to filter that much water and remove impurities The report pins hopes of rebuilding fish stocks on international cooperation because much of the overfishing is on the high seas — the "global commons" "Just as the western frontier of the United States disappeared behind fences the oceans will inevitably be divided up by diplomacy" Worldwatch said taking too many fish too fast" The Worldwatch report "Net Loss: Fish Jobs and the Marine Environment" is based in part on studies by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization It claims all but two of the world's 15 major fisheries are stagnant or declining with total catch down 5 percent since 1989 The only major fishing regions still showing increases are in the eastern and western Indian Ocean Further trends show dramatic drops in catches in regions most reliant on seafood for dietary protein as well as jobs and economic - stability - over-fishin- ”' 41 ra It 0 N r C 1 i' : - s :: ' ' ' : ' - - 1 11ci ' - - '' : 1 - : i 1"s - ii - :i 'i ' - -" "'-"- ' v" ' — a- :' t ' ' '': :! 4 I i i41 i!ar--- - l''' - ''''' :: p - ! 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