More fish being caught than reported

25 January 2016 - 02:05
By Shaun Smillie

A third more fish are being caught globally than is being reported, a new study says. The new estimate, calculated by Sea Around Us, a research organisation at British Columbia University, places the annual global catch at 109milliontons, higher than the 77 milliontons that 200 countries and territories reported in 2010.

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