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| | | Capture Fisheries Resources |
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|  Some doubts have been raised that in some years krill production might be insufficient to support the demand of seals, penguins and albatross for the food needed to raise their offspring.Capture fisheries resources are highly diverse. FAO landing statistics refer to about 2500 species or group of species most of which are on finfish. By far the most numerous fish species, and those most important to aquaculture and fisheries, are teleosts, or bony fish, which in the sea extend from small "grazing" species such as anchovyto large active predatory fish such as tuna.A similarly wide range is also found in fresh water, with the most important species from a production point of view belonging to the carp family. These account for over half the total of inland waters fisheries production. | | | | There is no comprehensive global database on fish stocks and monitoring of their state needs significant improvement. Marine capture fisheries resources are usually considered close to full exploitation worldwide with about 50% of them fully exploited, 28% of them overfished or depleted, and 25% only with some capacity to produce more than they presently do.The overall situation of inland capture fisheries resources is not as well known but is likely to be as serious or worse, considering the much larger environmental impact they are subject to.Capture fisheries resources are usually exploited and managed on a stock-by-stock basis. Stocks present a wide range of characteristics that affect the fisheries exploiting them: their mono- or multi-species composition, size, value, distribution (e.g. in the high seas). High seas resources such as tunaor marine mammals require international collaboration for their management. | | | | Some doubts have been raised that in some years krill production might be insufficient to support the demand of seals, penguins and albatross for the food needed to raise their offspring. | | | | |
 | | | | | Websites  FishBase Global encyclopedia on fin fish taxonomy, ecology, genetics, etc. Documents Books |
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