How can sustainable fishing mean more life in the ocean?

Описание: Ocean ecosystems are delicately balanced environments. A successful and robust ecosystem needs a combination of abundance and a variety of species to thrive and withstand environmental challenges.

In this short explainer Ritu Singh, Science Communications and Content Producer for the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), describes how scientists look at the balance of abundance and different species to calculate how much life there is in the ocean.

By fishing at sustainable levels, fisheries work to ensure abundance while minimising their impacts on other species, habitats and the wider ecosystem. These efforts this have positive effects on ocean communities and biodiversity.

The Marine Stewardship Council is an international non-profit organisation.
Our mission is to end overfishing. We use our ecolabel and fishery certification program to contribute to the health of the world’s oceans by recognising and rewarding sustainable fishing practices, influencing the choices people make when buying seafood and working with our partners to transform the seafood market to a sustainable basis.

Fisheries meeting the MSC Fisheries Standard help deliver on thirty-four targets within five United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including UN SDG 14: Life Below Water and UN SDG 2: Zero Hunger.

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