Overfishing
Europe's oceans have been fished for centuries. Traditionally, the fishing industry has been the mainstay for many coastal town, cities, and villages. However, recent years have seen wide-spread drastic declines in fish stocks, which have been largely attributed to overfishing and climate change and have had severe adverse impacts on the fishing industry and the marine community structure.
As fishing
technology advanced enabling more and more fish to be caught and
demand for fish increased, Europe's marine resources were under
unprecedented pressure and fishing became unsustainable. With too
many fishers chasing too few fish, many business were forced to
close with devastating consequences for many fishery dependent
coastal communities.
Not only does overfishing reduce stocks and ultimately affect livelihoods, but the methods used can also have destructive impacts on habitats and non-target species such as dolphins as a result of dredging and bycatch.
RSS News & Events
- Scientists revamp open ocean observatory
- The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the UK Met Office have joined forces to revamp the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) in the northeast Atlantic.
- ODAS buoy fit out and deployment with Cefas Payload
- A combined effort from staff at Cefas and the Marine Institute are temporarily re-fitting a spareODAS (UK Met designed Ocean data Acquisition System) deep field weather buoy to carry an alternative payload to go on trial at the M1 location.
- New Western Shelf Observatory Launched
- The Western Shelf domain encompasses the Western UK and Irish shelf and its adjacent sea areas and catchments.
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