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Why It Matters

Gone Fishing

Why It Matters

Council on Foreign Relations

News

4.2876 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Industrial overfishing and other man-made factors have pushed one-third of the world’s fish stocks to be threatened with extinction, and many other species are not far behind. The problem represents a serious risk to ocean biodiversity, and to large human populations that rely on fish for day-to-day survival. What can be done?   Featured Guests:  Manuel Barange (Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division, Food and Agriculture Organization)  Michele Kuruc (Vice President, Ocean Policy, World Wildlife Fund)  Stewart M. Patrick (James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program)   For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at cfr.org/podcasts/gone-fishing

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, just a heads up that this is our last episode of the season.

0:03.7

We're going to be taking a break to dive into new episodes and we'll be back in the late spring.

0:08.8

In the meantime, keep an eye on your feed for extras and the season four trailer.

0:13.5

Until then, thanks for listening.

0:15.5

On with the show.

0:17.0

It can be tough to try and make lifestyle choices that will help build a healthier world.

0:25.0

Over and over, we find out that one of our habits is contributing to climate change, inequality, or the destruction of Earth's biodiversity, even habits we thought were healthy.

0:36.8

Take seafood.

0:37.8

For years we were told that fish were an important part of a good diet, but now we are learning that many of the fish we are used to

0:45.0

eating are threatened species. Seafood is the largest traded food commodity in the world

0:51.1

and it plays an essential role in our global diet. For some people

0:54.9

fish are a luxury but in many of the world's poorest and fastest growing

0:59.6

populations it's a matter of survival. At the same time, relentless industrial fishing methods are pushing many species to the brink.

1:08.0

If things don't change, our fishing habits could devastate ocean biodiversity and deplete a resource that

1:14.9

humanity needs in order to survive. Fish are in trouble, but the solution may not

1:20.9

be what you expect.

1:22.8

I'm Gabriel Sierra, and this is why it matters.

1:26.2

Today, will there always be plenty of fish in the sea? We have massive and widespread overfishing.

1:35.0

76% of the world's fish now are fish to capacity overfished are collapsing.

1:43.8

In the last 50 years the earth has lost more than half of its marine life.

1:47.8

We're completely destroying the natural balance of fish in the world's oceans.

1:55.0

So are we going to run out of fish?

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