Impact of High Seas Closure on Food Security in Low Income Fish Dependent Countries.

ABSTRACT: We investigate how high seas closure will affect the availability of commonly consumed food fish in 46 fish reliant, and/or low income countries. Domestic consumption of straddling fish species (fish that would be affected by high seas closure) occurred in 54% of the assessed countries. The majority (70%) of countries were projected to experience net catch gains following high seas closure. However, countries with projected catch gains and that also consumed the straddling fish species domestically made up only 37% of the assessed countries. In contrast, much fewer countries (25%) were projected to incur net losses from high seas closure, and of these, straddling species were used domestically in less than half (45%) of the countries. Our findings suggest that, given the current consumptio

SUBMITTER: Teh LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5199032 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature