Dwindling Fish Catch Could Leave a Billion Hungry

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48796
Date Written:  2009-10-09
Publisher:  IPS
Year Published:  2009
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX11226

Fish catches are expected to decline dramatically in the world's tropical regions because of climate change, but may increase in the north, said a new study published Thursday. This mega-shift in ocean productivity from south to north over the next three to four decades will leave those most reliant on fish for both food and income high and dry.

Subject Headings

• Fish
• Fisheries/Fishermen
• Fisheries Industry
• Fisheries & Oceans
• Fisheries/Overfishing
• Fishing
• Marine Ecology
• Marine Environment
• Marine Environmental Quality
• Marine Pollution
• Oceans