No Fish. No Food. No Money.

    People of the world are greedy. Ever since the beginning of time one always took more. the ore you had the better off you were. it was a sign of superiority to all. Today we still do the same but on a different level. The United nations Agriculture organization estimates that discard of fish alone, not including marine mammals, sea birds and turtles total 20 million tons, that's only 1/4 of annual marine catch. The welfare of more then 20 million people around the world depend on fishing for their income and food security is severely threatened. As fish disappear so do the coastal communities that depend on fishing for their life. The health of more then 1,000,000,000 poor consumers who depend on fish to constitute their diets, is at risk as the growing share of fish is up 83% in value. Fish continue to be exported to industrial countries more and more each year. For example the harvesting of trigger fish and puffer fish as souvenirs have hurt the heart of the reef food-chain. As these fish decline population of their prey for example sea urchins, exploded, damaging the coral by grazing on the protective layers of the algae and hurting the tropical reef diving industry. The Diving Industry is one of the top money making recreational activities in the world. If there are no fish a huge source of the worlds income and GDP will be gone. Coral Reefs alone are estimated to be worth $375 billion dollars annually by providing fish, medicine, tourism revenues and coastal protection for more then 100 countries. So what will happen if we have no fish? the rapid increase in fish capture has not come without a price. Tuna and cod supplies as well as those of shrimp and other animals lower in the food chain all have come under threat. more then 36 million people currently depend on wild fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihoods. in Asia alone 80% of coral reefs are at risk and could suffer total collapse in 20 years. 90% of all large fishes have disappeared from the worlds oceans as a result of overfishing. Experts say this is the most severe impacts on both the enviorment and society. In 2004 the ocean dependent economy generated $138 billion or 1.2% of the U.S GDP. Coastal tourism and recreation dominated both employment and GDP in the ocean economy. The ocean holds 1.7 million jobs (75%) of employment and nearly $70 billion (51%) of GDP. If we have no fish of reefs then you should just scratch all of that information and call us doomed. 

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