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Professor Dr. Sinan Mavruk, Faculty Member of Çukurova University Faculty of Fisheries, unveiled that fish species decreased due to global warming and aquaculture came to the fore in fisheries.
Professor Dr. Sinan Mavruk, Faculty Member of Çukurova University Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Marine Biology, stated that global warming and unsustainable fishing methods negatively affect fish stocks and that for the first time worldwide, the product obtained from aquaculture reached 51 percent and exceeded the product obtained from hunting.
Dr. Mavruk said that a total of approximately 37 thousand fish species have been recorded worldwide, including marine and inland waters and 18 thousand of them live in the seas.
“NATURAL STOCKS OF FISH SUCH AS SEA BASS, SEA BREAM, LAGOS AND TURBOT HAVE DECREASED”
Noting that the most fished fish species in the world is Peruvian anchovy, followed by small and medium pelagic species such as striped bonito and sardine, Dr. Mavruk said, “These species can reach very high biomass values in a very short time due to the fact that they are located in the lower links of the food chain.”
Dr. Mavruk, who evaluated that the fishing of fish stocks above a sustainable level is the most important factor that can put pressure on fish existence, continued as follows:
“When we look at the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture Report, the last of which was published by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) this year, it is seen that approximately 75 percent of the fish obtained from fishing comes from sustainable stocks, but this should not lead to a misconception that 75 percent of the stocks in the world are sustainable. The vast majority of the fish obtained from fishing comes from species such as anchovies and sardines, which we call small pelagic fish, which generally have a very high ability to regenerate themselves, so of course fishing can have a relatively low impact on these species. However, the natural stocks of fish such as sea bass, lagos, sea bream and turbot, which are large, have a longer life cycle, and which we frequently encounter on our tables, have been seriously depleted.”
Dr. Mavruk also pointed out that more than 60 percent of the stocks in the Mediterranean are overfished and that sustainable stocks are lower than other regions in the world…
