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The End of the Line: Who is Most at Risk from the Crisis in Global Fisheries?

Stephen J. Hall • Patrick Dugan •
Edward H. Allison • Neil L. Andrew

The crisis of global overfishing has been widely covered in both the scientific literature and the popular media over the last decade. However, with his recent film The End of the Line (Murray 2009), Rupert Murray tells the story with unprecedented power. Heralded as the "Inconvenient Truth" for fisheries - a reference to David Guggenheim's influential film on the perils of climate change - The End of the Line provides a rich, well-argued and sobering picture of how people, the oceans' top predator, have brought many of the worlds fisheries to collapse. Read more.

The article is also available electronically on SpringerLink.

Don't let fish slip through the climate change net

With over 400 million of the world's poorest depending on fish for food, 'climateproofing' fisheries and aquaculture needs to be high on the climate change agenda. Learn how climate change will impact aquatic ecosystems and the distribution of fish, and how WorldFish is responding to meet these new challenges. Read more.


Rehabilitating livelihoods following natural disasters

A series of typhoons are sweeping across the Philippines and South East Asia, bringing unprecedented flooding in their wake. Earthquakes in Indonesia and tsunamis in the Pacific have caused devastating loss of life and damage to property. WorldFish is working with its partners to develop rehabilitation models that put the community at the heart of planning and implementing new options for the future. Read more.

Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis

One billion people rely on fish as their primary protein source, and several hundred million depend on fish as their main source of income. Food security is also determined by diet quality and fish is a rich food for poor people. Fish contains all 8 essential amino acids, omega-3 fatty acids, and important micronutrients. Read more.



HIV and fish farming

Established by the World Health Organization in 1988, a reminder to us all - governments, community organizations, NGOs and individuals - to work together to fund programs, raise awareness and focus attention on the global HIV epidemic. Click here for WorldFish's response to this pressing issue.

Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa: Investing in Sustainable Solutions



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Don't let fish slip through the climate change net
Natural disasters - rehabilitating livelihoods
Achieving food security in times of crisis
HIV and fish farming
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