OCEANA SPRING 2016 | OCEANA.ORG KATE WALSH A LIFETIME LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE OCEAN PLUS: THE UNSEEN FISH | Q&A WITH JENNA USHKOWITZ | ARE YOU SURE THAT’S SALMON? BOARD OF DIRECTORS OCEAN COUNCIL Slane Holland Lightburne Simon Sidamon-Eristoff, Chair Susan Rockefeller, Chair Carey Hotchkis Valarie Van Cleave, Vice Chair Julie Tauber McMahon, Vice Chair Hardy Jones Angela and J. Stephen Kilcullen James Sandler, Secretary Violaine Bernbach Carolyn Marks Blackwood Arlene and Robert Kogod María Eugenia Girón, Treasurer Keely and Pierce Brosnan Eve Kornyei Ruffatto Keith Addis, President Deborah Buck Willa and Ted Lutz Herbert M. Bedolfe III Amy and Gary Churgin Dede McMahon Ted Danson Barbara and Bertram Cohn Tiffany Moller WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE? 6 Sydney Davis Ann Colley Aaron Peirsol César Gaviria Sydney and Andrew Davis Nicole Polizois Loic Gouzer Michael Dershewitz Anne Alexander Rowley Stephen P. McAllister Barbara Ettinger and Sven Huseby Andrew Sabin Dr. Kristian Parker Lise Evans Jennifer Small and Adam Wolfensohn Dr. Daniel Pauly Christina Falco and Michael Frumkin Kelly T. Smith Susan Rockefeller Joanna and Brian Fisher Danielle Steakley Kelsey Grammer Sutton Stracke Heather Stevens Marjorie R. Harris Susan Trees Diana Thomson Julie Hill Toby Usnik Rogier van Vliet Sam Waterston OCEANA Chief Executive Officer Vice President, Peru EDITORIAL STAFF Andrew Sharpless Patricia Majluf, Ph.D. Editor Jane J. Lee President Interim Vice President, Andean and Caribbean Regions James Simon Liesbeth Van Der Meer WE’RE CATCHING A LOT MORE FISH THAN WE THOUGHT 10 Editorial Consultant Chief Scientist & Strategy Officer Vice President, Brazil Suzannah Evans 5 Michael Hirshfield, Ph.D. Monica Brick Peres, Ph.D. Q&A WITH JENNA USHKOWITZ Designer Senior Vice President & Executive Director, Europe Vice President, Philippines Rosie Ettenheim Cover photo: Kate Walsh speaks at Oceana’s Coastal Voices Summit Lasse Gustavsson Gloria Estenzo Ramos, J.D. in Washington, D.C. © Franz Mahr Senior Vice President, Vice President, U.S. Oceans Strategic Marketing & Communications Jacqueline Savitz Matthew Littlejohn Deputy Vice President, U.S. Pacific DEPARTMENTS Senior Vice President, Global Developement Susan Murray Courtney Sakai CEO’S NOTE Just how many fish are we really catching? Vice President, Development 1 Vice President, Belize Nancy Golden MAKING WAVES GrubHub bans sale of shark fins, Janelle Chanona 2 Chief Financial Officer Spain cracks down on illegal fishing and more Executive Director, Oceana Canada Chris Sharkey Joshua Laughren 4 NEWS & NOTES The Dutch Postcode Lottery funds DO PEOPLE REALLY EAT JELLYFISH? 13 Oceana’s North Sea expedition, a new report looks at the bounty of marine life around the Desventuradas islands and more Oceana is published by Oceana Inc. For questions or comments about Oceana, or to subscribe to Oceana, please call our membership FEATURES OCEANA is the largest international advocacy department at +1.202.833.3900, e-mail [email protected] 12 FISH TALE New Zealand Red Rock Lobster organization focused solely on ocean conservation. or write Oceana, Member Services, 1350 Connecticut Ave. NW, Q&A Jenna Ushkowitz We run science-based campaigns and seek to win 5 5th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036, USA. ASK DR. 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SUPPORTER SPOTLIGHT Kate Walsh square miles of ocean. We have campaign offices in For our full privacy policy, please visit Oceana.org/privacypolicy. 10 WE’RE CATCHING A LOT MORE FISH THAN 16 the countries that control close to 40 percent of the WE THOUGHT: A team of scientsits dig up world’s wild fish catch, including in North, South and CHEF’S CORNER Ted Walter’s grilled pickled herring Please recycle. the dirt on why catch totals for fisheries 17 Central America, Asia and Europe. To learn more, with kimchee, cirtus and mint please visit www.oceana.org. worldwide don’t add up Printed with Eco-Ink — low volatility vegetable oil-based ink on 25% post-consumer recycled, processed chlorine free paper produced PARTING SHOT A diver swims with sardines using 100% wind power in a carbon neutral process. 18 in Moalboal, Cebu. CEO’S NOTE Just How Many Fish Are We Really Catching? ceana’s job is to win policy changes The U.N.’s FAO statistics rely on reports The oceans are, very simply, already Othat will return the ocean to from the world’s nations. The U.N. does not feeding hundreds of millions of people. abundance. This is good for the life of the audit those reports. That raises the questions The risks to humanity of continued sea. And because an abundant ocean is a about the accuracy of the U.N. data. Is it overfishing — and the collapse of this source of healthy seafood, it’s good for a possible that some countries are under- or resource — are therefore even greater than hungry and fast-growing humanity. over-reporting their ocean catches? we previously understood. Our goal is to change the national policies Scientists at the University of British The good news is that we know what to do of countries that have the biggest impact Columbia in Vancouver sought to answer to rebuild ocean abundance, and to make on the health of the ocean. That means that question. In a bold move, they set out sure that people all over the world have fish we target the world’s top 30 ocean fishing to estimate fish catches, by weight, country to eat, forever. Oceana, together with our countries. We now have campaign teams by country, and to do it for the entire allies, is winning the policy changes that in Europe, the United States of America, world. Their peer-reviewed study was will get this done. Your support is what We could Canada, Peru, Chile, Belize, the Philippines recently published in a leading international makes this possible. Thank you! Please enjoy whaley and Brazil. scientific journal. reading this latest chapter in our mission to save the ocean and feed the world. use your support. Our job of winning a globally significant What does it show us about the world’s improvement in ocean abundance is more wild ocean fisheries? The fundamental Sincerely, ASK PAGE achievable than you might think. That’s picture of a highly concentrated set of because a very small share of the world’s fishing nations does not change. Just 10 countries are responsible for most of countries are responsible for 56 percent the world’s ocean fishing. According to of the world’s wild ocean fish catch. The Andy Sharpless data from the U.N. Food and Agriculture big news is that the total catch of these Chief Executive Officer Organization (FAO), the top 10 most countries is revealed to be much larger than important fishing countries in the world previously understood. The top 10 fishing during the first decade of this century were, countries in the world catch, on average, 65 on average, responsible for two-thirds of million metric tons of fish a year — up from the world’s wild fish catch. 51 million metric tons a year as reported in the U.N. data. This year we asked whether an updated PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY TODAY analysis — using all available FAO data This means that the contribution that a from this century’s second decade — would restored and abundant ocean makes to continue to show that just 10 countries feeding hungry people everywhere is even Your contribution will help ensure our were responsible for two-thirds of the larger than we understood. Our estimate of oceans are vibrant and sustainable. world’s wild fish catch. The answer is the ocean’s contribution to feeding people that in the period from 2010 to 2014, 10 grows 27 percent based on the analysis of Help us save the oceans, feed the world. countries were responsible for 63 percent of the top 10 countries, and on a global basis, the world’s marine catch. the estimated increase is even bigger. Call us today at (202) 833-3900, email us at [email protected], visit www.oceana.org/give or use the envelope provided in this magazine to make a donation. Oceana is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization and contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Oceana wishes to thank all of its supporters, especially its founding funders and foundations that in 2014 awarded Oceana grants of $500,000 or more: Adessium Foundation, Arcadia Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, Oak Foundation, Oceans 5, Robertson Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Sandler Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, and Wyss Foundation. OCEANA.ORG | 1 ©Eduardo Sorensen MAKING WAVES MAKING WAVES Belize Bans Offshore Oil Drilling A moratorium on oil drilling in the ocean around Belize is now in place, safeguarding hundreds of square miles of marine habitat, including seven protected areas within the second largest barrier reef system in the world.