World-wide, overfishing is one of the biggest threats to the health of seas and their inhabitants. Overfishing also affects many people directly – above all in developing countries. Daily, tonnes of fish are hauled out of the sea. Unfortunately this is much more than can be naturally replenished – a real looting of the world’s oceans.

An overview of the sad facts:

In 2013 around 93 million tonnes of fish were caught world-wide. 

Almost 30% of fish stocks commercially fished are over-fished

Over 60% of fish stocks are fully fished 

The European Union is the world’s primary importer of fish