More fishing vessels chasing fewer fish, new study finds

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 22:22 in Earth & Climate

A new analysis of global fishing data has found the world’s fishing fleet doubled in size over the 65-years to 2015 but for the amount of effort expended the catch fell more than 80 per cent. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study by researchers from the University of Tasmania […]

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