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07/09/2008: "More pressure on global fish stocks as scientists warn of underreporting of catches"

Fish catches in some of the poorest nations in the world have been grossly underestimated, scientists warned yesterday.

The implication is that global fish stocks, already widely acknowledged to be under heavy pressure, are in far more in danger than thought. The underreporting particularly threatens the hundreds of millions of poor people around the world who rely on fish for subsistence.

A reconstruction of actual catches in 20 places around the globe showed that fish landings that were not reported were at least as high as the declared catch, and sometimes more than 16 times higher.

"This is underreporting of such magnitude that it boggles the mind," said Professor Daniel Pauly, of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

[ The population of the developing world must be brought down dramatically, or we all die. ]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/09/fishing.food1