A recent article from the National Geographic cites a report published in Conservation Biology which contrasts the differences in ‘output’ between industrial fisheries and small-scale fisheries (operating in boats 50 feet or shorter).
A range of criteria were investigated with small-scale fisheries emerging as the “… best hope at sustainable fisheries,” according to Daniel Pauly, director of the University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre and co-author of the study.
Additionally, the report also criticises the record of market-based sustainable seafood initiatives, indicating they have proved largely ineffectual, not led to reductions in demand and mostly discriminated against small-scale fishers.
