Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries are turning the corner on overexploitation
New report shows that while most fish stocks remain overexploited, the number of stocks subject to overfishing has decreased for the first time in decades.
According to a new report on the State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries (SoMFi 2020), released today, while 75% of fish stocks remain subject to overfishing, this percentage fell by more than 10 percent between 2014 and 2018. Exploitation ratios are down by a similar proportion. Taking into account newly assessed stocks, the number of fish stocks with high relative biomass has doubled since the last edition published in 2018.