Marine Fisheries: Over-exploitation and mismanagement?

A lecture by Dr Rick Leah, Jones Building, University of Liverpool

In the lecture on Marine Fisheries, you will be asked a series of questions to explore how YOU personally are connected with the over exploitation of marine resources. 

The outcome of the questions was unknown at the time of asking (it was instant research!) but from the results it is possible to conclude :

1. Many Liverpool students have contributed to the over-fishing problem faced in the North Sea by the Cod by their love of fish and chips!
2. Many of you have been 'persuaded' by large supermarket chains to eat types of fish that you did not realise
3. The British diet is being supplemented with large amounts of fish caught in different parts of the world

The questions also illustrated the far reaching nature of the connections with fisheries for many unusual fish from all over the planet.

Overheads : a copy of many of the graphs and diagrams used in the lecture is available here : (This is a Word File and will download or open depending on your browser settings - on a slow connection you may need to be patient as the file is nearly 1mb in size) 

This is one subject where the internet is very good for keeping up to date - use search facilities such as the Guardian (mentioned in more detail below) or on the New Scientist site to keep abreast of new developments - the world oceans are being over-fished literally as you study!.

A very informative web site on topics associated with overfishing is being maintained by the Guardian at: www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/fish
The complete archive of Guardian Articles on overfishing is available here

There is very good explanation of the problem with Cod by Dr Robin Cook from Aberdeen:
Cod stocks in trouble

Update on what is happening to the Atlantic Salmon from ICES and the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO)

Further links on Overfishing are also available on Fishweb - the website for our Freshwater Fish and Fisheries Course, BIOL449

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