THE amount of fish on people’s plates is rising, thanks to a boom in fish farming.
The , published on Monday, shows that the amount of fish available to eat is growing faster than the human population. Fish farms now produce half the fish we eat, up from less than a third in 2002. The outlook for wild fish remains gloomy, though. The FAO says some 80 per cent of fisheries have reached their maximum yields, yet overfishing continues.
The international fisheries pressure group Oceana is not convinced that…
