There are a lot of fish in the sea. But their numbers are no match for growing human appetites and the ultra-efficient fisheries that have sprung up to feed our hunger. A shift towards “blue job” fisheries is urgently needed, experts say, if the oceans are to nourish future generations as they have in the past.
Sustainability is the key concept for successful management of both fish stocks and fisheries jobs themselves, said Rashid Sumalia, director of the Fisheries Center at the University of British Columbia. “Sustainable jobs, to me, are based on taking what the resource can withstand year in and year out. That’s crucial because right now at the moment we are killing future jobs for current ones. That’s not sustainable. That’s not green jobs. You want the jobs you create today not to prevent future generations from having these jobs but we’re front loading jobs because it’s politically more convenient.”
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