Fish consumption in Europe: Fish caught in the Mediterranean "runs out" in July

Published 2024년 7월 4일

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The WWF has highlighted the overexploitation of Mediterranean fish resources, predicting that Europe will run out of its annual internal production by mid-year, necessitating imports. The Mediterranean is the world's second most overexploited sea, with 58% of fish stocks being overfished, primarily due to climate change and illegal fishing. The species most affected include hake, sardine, shrimp, and mud red mullet. The WWF is advocating for consumer responsibility and calling attention to the risks posed by the climate crisis to fish production and marine ecosystems. Ocean warming could result in a decrease of up to 40% in stocks by 2100, with the Mediterranean experiencing tropicalization and a reduction of native species.

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Let's assume that only Mediterranean fish reached the tables of Europeans. Today it would be finished and we would have to wait until the beginning of 2025 to be able to consume more. This is the paradox used by the WWF to denounce the exploitation of Mediterranean fish resources in view of "Fish Dependence Day", a moment in which Europe virtually exhausts the equivalent of its annual internal production of fish, molluscs and crustaceans. An anniversary that will coincide with the 36th edition of the FAO Fisheries Committee in Rome from 8 to 12 July. With 58% of fish stocks overfished - says the WWF - the Mediterranean "is the second most overexploited sea in the world" (compared to 37.7% at a global level), conditions exacerbated primarily by climate change. "If in the first six months we had only consumed resources from our seas - they explain - from July to the end of the year these would no longer be available and Europe would have to resort to imports to support growing ...

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