Many more fish caught than reported

Worldwide fish caught is much more than officially reported.

According to the study from the University of British Columbia is the big difference as countries mainly to process data on industrial fisheries. Figures that difficult to figure out his often remain ignored. This concerns industrial fishing, fishing for subsistence, illegal fishing and fish that are discarded.

A professor who was involved in the study, says that can help better grades to ensure that there is enough fish in the future. The world is now taking fish from a joint bank account without knowing what is all included and the size of the credit is. Researchers rely on figures from 2010 of two hundred countries and territories.