Unsustainable fishing methods: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m Robot - Moving category Fishing industry to Commercial fishing per CFD at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 June 13. |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Unsustainable fishing methods''' are ways of catching wild fish that are not considered [[Sustainable fisheries|sustainable]] in the long term. This could be because they threaten the fish stock itself by overfishing, or because they threaten the environment the fish need to thrive. [[Dynamite fishing]], [[electro-fishing]], or fishing with [[poisons]] are examples of the latter, used in developing countries. |
'''Unsustainable fishing methods''' are ways of catching wild fish that are not considered [[Sustainable fisheries|sustainable]] in the long term. This could be because they threaten the fish stock itself by overfishing, or because they threaten the environment the fish need to thrive. [[Dynamite fishing]], [[Electrofishing|electro-fishing]], or fishing with [[poisons]] are examples of the latter, used in developing countries. |
||
Western unsustainable fishing methods include [[bottom trawling]], which was called a 'great harm' by a group of leading marine environmentalists [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3719590.stm]. |
Western unsustainable fishing methods include [[bottom trawling]], which was called a 'great harm' by a group of leading marine environmentalists [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3719590.stm]. |
||
Revision as of 00:28, 13 March 2008
Unsustainable fishing methods are ways of catching wild fish that are not considered sustainable in the long term. This could be because they threaten the fish stock itself by overfishing, or because they threaten the environment the fish need to thrive. Dynamite fishing, electro-fishing, or fishing with poisons are examples of the latter, used in developing countries.
Western unsustainable fishing methods include bottom trawling, which was called a 'great harm' by a group of leading marine environmentalists [1].