Oceans 11 Dalesandro

Oceans 11 – Dalesandro Notes – Commercial Fisheries

-The commercial fishery worldwide is worth $230 billion per year.

-90 million tons of fish are captured worldwide each year. The estimated sustainable catch is thought to be somewhere around 100 million tons. Beyond this number, worldwide fish populations will decline.

 Of the total 90 million ton catch, 79 million tons are of the targeted species, while 11 million tons are bycatch. Bycatch refers to fish caught other than the target species (example: If a haddock fisherman finds some pollock in his net, this is bycatch).

 It is estimated that approximately 1.2 trillion individual fish are removed from the oceans each year for human consumption. This figure represents about 13% of the total estimated global fish population.

-The top fish-producing nations are (in order) China, Peru, the U.S.A., Indonesia, and Japan. China alone pulls in one-third of the world’s total fish catch.

-Fish account for about 20% of all the meat eaten in the world.

 The average person on Earth eats about 7 kg of fish per year.

 This ranges from a high of 54 kg (Japan) to a low of 0 kg (Congo).

 In Canada, the average person consumes 10 kg of fish per year. People living on the Prairies eat less than this amount, while B.C. residents and people in the Maritimes eat much more than 10 kg per year.

-There were 38 million fishermen in the world as of 2011.

 The prefered term is fisher, not fisherman, as this is gender-neutral. However, the term “fisher” is still not widely used.

 Currently, 89% of fishers are men, while 11% are women. In some countries, the percentage of men in the industry is 100%.

 Fishing is a $2.1 billion per year industry in Canada.

-It is estimated that there are at least 56 000 fishermen (and women) in this country. This number has been falling since the 1950s, when the total was near 78 000.