Overfishing the seas in the Third World

OVER FISHING THE SEAS IN THE THIRD WORLD

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Many people are today propelled by commercial interests that brings short term profits but are oblivious of the long term effects that result due to their actions and that is how fishing for commercial reasons in the third world countries has led to the depletion of fish stock in the big seas . It is not only over fishing that is leading to depletion or reduction of fish stock in the seas , there are also other

factors that are equally responsible for the same such as water pollution and wasteful fishing methods something that leads to death of fish species in millions

Fish is one of the commodities that is very lucrative for export purposes and has been one of the key sources of revenue to these nations something that is making these nations to increase their exports day by day by an ever increasing percentage . Fish has now become one of the developing world 's chief food exports with many countries exporting an increasing percentage of their catch (Madeley , 151 . In 1977 , fish exports from developing countries were over 29000 million US Dollars What this meant was that fish product was one of the main exports to these nations . Most of fishes that are caught end up in developed nations are for commercial purpose and thus it is hard for the locals to enjoy their resources at low cost . Some fish species are deemed to be highly...