Sentences with phrase «wild fish stocks»

Sustainable use of wild fish stocks could however be achieved by means of a considerable increase in the effectiveness of fisheries management, far above today's standard.

As rearing techniques improve, however, and concerns around dwindling wild fish stocks mount, consumers are warming up to aquaculture as a sustainable alternative to fishing.

The focus of the study was the question of how wild fish stocks will develop up to the year 2048 and beyond.

Increasing aquaculture production can relieve wild fish stocks; however this positive effect will probably be overwhelmed by a greater demand and technological progress in the fishing industry — both increasing the fishing pressure on wild stocks.

China's booming aquaculture industry is increasingly dependent on fishmeal made from wild - caught fish, a practice that depletes wild fish stocks.

«Salmon farming is a huge business in the UK, Norway and beyond, and while it does reduce the pressure on wild fish stocks, it can also create its own environmental pressures through genetic disruption.

«The controversial legal issues will be sorted out if this idea is the best to maximize yield from the wild fish stocks.»

One of the conditions which applies is that imported fish should not be released into the natural aquatic environment but rather held in aquaria or «ornamental waters» in order to avoid any risk of introducing diseases to our farmed and wild fish stocks — or to frogs.

The most recent data suggest that the vast majority of the world's wild fish stocks either are being overexploited or have reached their maximum productive capacity as fishing fleets have expanded and moved into previously untapped regions of the seas.

Trends in the data from 2005 to 2006 suggested that the condition of the world's wild fish stocks is worsening, and most observers widely expect 2007 and 2008 figures to show the same.

Cyclical fluctuations and regulatory policies have affected access to wild fish stocks.