Sustainable+Fishing+for+the+Atlantic

Vision: ** ** Fisherman should use sustainable and environmentally friendly ways of fishing to support healthy levels of fish in the Atlantic Ocean. **


 * Issue: **** Overfishing has been a growing problem since the 1850's but new techniques for fishing have made the problem even worse. Factory trolling and Bottom trolling treat the fish like they are being proccesed in a factory, too many fish to fast, this began the fishing boom. The fish being caught tripled in size from 250,000 tons to more than 800,000 tons. This changed the natural cycle that fish go through changing the population in fish and making it difficult for them to spawn. By 1992 these numbers fell apart to almost nothing at all. The 30 years of constant overfishing had dramatically decreased the number of fish in the ocean. The fish being caught in the 90's were to small and to young to keep. Only recently have these fish been able to come back from this devastation and we need to figure out a way to sustain the population of these fish. **




 * Method: ** ** Overfishing can be stopped through an effort from local fishing communities and the fisherman that rely on the fish stocks to make their living. If better sustainable fishing methods are used like “bottom long lining”, and “trolling” instead of bottom trawling and factory trawling methods, overfished species will have a chance to recover. Also local communities can close off certain areas deemed overfished and regulate the fishing industry by encouraging the fishing of non endangered species. **

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