Facts and Figures

It has been found that industrialised commercial fisheries can reduce the biomass of the stocks they target by 80% within 15 years of their exploitation
(Myres and Worm, 2003)

According to The UN food and agriculture organisation (FAO), 90% of fish stocks are now either fully fished (59.9%) or overfished at biologically unsustainable levels (33.1 per cent)
(FAO, 2018)

It is estimated that global bycatch may amount to as much as 40% of the world’s total catch, equating to 28.5 million metric tons per year
(Keledian et al., 2014)

Coastal wetlands such as mangrove and saltmarsh habitats capture and store more CO2 per unit area than any other natural system in the world
(Rodgers et al., 2019)

The implementation of a ‘no-take’ zone around the Isle of Arran in 2008 led to increased biodiversity with research finding lobsters produced six times more eggs than outside the zone and king scallop density to be four times higher in 2020 compared to 20131
(Martha, 2020)