Each of us eats an average of 19 kg of fish per year — almost twice as much as 50 years ago.
It would be hard to imagine our diets without fish, and global demand continues to increase. To keep up with our appetite, we’re now taking more fish out than the ocean can produce. But we’ve reached the point where the marine ecosystems and many local communities — especially in the developing countries — are at risk. Overfishing has become the second biggest threat to our oceans after climate change, so there could be soon no more fish left to catch, breed or eat.
Fortunately, we can stop overfishing. But we need your help.
Meer dan de helft van alle vis die je kan kopen, wordt gevangen in een ontwikkelingsland.
The European Union is the world’s primary importer of fish and more than half of what is imported comes from Asian, African and other developing countries where many local communities depend on fisheries to survive. Fish and seafood is the most traded commodity globally.
DE HARDE FEITEN
Elke Belg eet gemiddeld [25] kg vis per jaar, waarvan [19] kg geïmporteerd is.
93%
van de onderzochte visbestanden in de Middellandse zee zijn overbevist.
31%
of the global fish stocks are overfished
800 million people depend on fish as a source of nutrition and income for their families. Most of them live in developing countries.
In 2014, EU Mediterranean countries imported about
85%
of the fish they consumed
Illegal and unregulated fishing could soon reach up to
26 million tonnes
more than
30%
of the world’s total annual capture