Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 2, 0, University of Applied Sciences Constanze, course: Environmental Economics, 19 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Fish represents a major component of the food supply for the world's population. It makes a very significant contribution to the diet of many fish consuming communities in both the developed and developing world. It is accounting for almost
one-fifth of all animal protein in the human diet. Fisheries and Aquaculture remain very important to many countries and communities as a source of food, employment and revenue.
Although fish is a renewable resource, it is also destructible. Current fishing levels and methods place significant pressure on world fisheries and marine ecosystems. [...]