Overfishing

STOP OVERFISHING BEFORE

IT’S TOO LATE

CLIMATE CHANGE

The extra carbon emitted into the atmosphere in

order to catch the fewer fish aggravates climate
REDUCTION OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION change, and is seen through a rise intemperature,
ocean acidification, and deoxygenation

Healthy marine ecosystems with a diverse fish

population contribute to sequestration of the
greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere. If this is valid for areas with reduced
fish populations, such a capacity for carbon
dioxide sequestration may decrease in the
future, therefore contributing to higher
concentrations of greenhouse gases.

WHERE DID THE FISH GO

OVERFISHING
Around half of all fish caught (between 490
and 1,100 billion mainly small individuals)
are used for reduction to fishmeal and oil,
When fish and other marine are
which are mostly fed to farmed animals haversted faster than the speed
rather than people they can reproduce

THREE TIMES WORST

Although overfishing is of the main reason fish

The level of overfishing has been population decrease but there are also other
increasing in recent decades and the reasons such as :
number of overfished stocks is now three
times higher than in 1970s. If we still be a
by-stander, all the fish will be gone on CLIMATE CHANGE
the year 2048.
Climate Change Sudden rises in
temperature and acidification can
lead to the loss of marine habitats
and species which might
ECONOMIC IMPACT potentially ruin the biodiversity
underwater

Overfishing in the fishing industry leads to

depletion of fish stocks, reduced catches,
lower incomes, job losses, and overall POLLUTION
decline. This disrupts related industries
like processing plants, boatbuilding, and Pollution can affect aquatic
seafood markets, which are supported by organisms in a number of ways,
including decreasing the amount of
the industry. Overfishing often results in
dissolved oxygen, changing the pH
job losses and economic decline in of the water, and introducing toxic
coastal communities, further affecting the chemicals.
overall economy. ​
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CONSEQUENCES

HABITATE DESTRUCTION

Some fishing methods, like

bottom trawling, can damage
delicate marine habitats,
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such as coral reefs and SOLUTION

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destruction can lead to
erosion, sedimentation, and
water quality degradation. REDUCED FISHING
SUBSIDIES

Many governments provide

LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
subsidies to the fishing
Loss of Species: The loss of industry, which can
species will break the balanced encourage overfishing.
cycle in marine ecosystems. Reducing or eliminating
Every underwater species has these subsidies can help to
an important role, so their level the playing field and
disappearance can have make fishing more
cascading effects throughout sustainable.
the food web, potentially lead
to ecosystem collapse, and NEW TECHNOLOGIES

biodiversity unbalance.
New technologies such as
“Smart Boat.” Smart boat is able
to move data through satellites
GHOST FISHING and cellular networks which
can generate and analysize
Governments often unprecedented new level of
subsidize fishing. Doing so information about fisheries and
promotes overfishing. By the oceans
removing or reducing such
subsidies, fair competition INCREASE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

and a more sustainable

fishery can be developed. This is also the purpose of
making this information: to
increase people’s
acknowledgement to the
overfishing problem. We can
do this through government,
and we can also contribute,
such as by creating
informationgraphics,
communities and much
more.