The Valuable Fish We Eat

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Angling for fishes

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Recreational Angling

Pier fishing
Surf fishing
Deepsea fishing
Lakes and streams
Noodling
Common carp
Common Carp Cyprinus carpio This fish was caught and safely released by 11-year angler David Boon of southern California. Image CourtesyZoom

Commercial Fisheries

How Fish are Caught or Farmed

Commercial Fishing Methods




Where the wild fishes are

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    World's most productive fishing grounds These areas "are confined to major hotspots, less than 10% of the World oceans. The maps shows annual catch (tonnes per km2) for the World's oceans. Notice the strong geographic concurrence of continental shelves, upwelling and primary productivity and the amount of fish caught by fisheries." - UNEP

More information
The continental shelves
The greatest upwelling regions of the World's oceans

Global Fisheries

U.S. Fisheries

The Alaska pollock fishery is the largest U.S. fishery, by volume. Annual catches average 2.5 billion pounds.

Where is the Bering Sea?
The Bering Sea is the piece of ocean just north of the Aleutian island, the tail or Alaska.

NOAA Fish Watch: U.S. Seafood Facts

What are the most commonly fished (captured) fishes?
The definitions of "captured' fishes ...

Top Ten Species in Worldwide Marine Capture Fisheries Production: 2004

Top Ten Species in Worldwide Marine Capture Fisheries Production: 2004

California Fisheries




It takes fish to make fish

Anchoveta (Engraulis ringens story ...


Fishmeal plant in Callao, Peru, 1999. Photographer Jose Cort, image courtesy NOAA Photo Library.

Chilean Jack Mackerel Trachurus murphyi "About 400 tons of jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) are caught by a Chilean purse seiner." Peru, 1997. Photographer C. Ortiz Rojas, image courtesy NOAA Photo Library.



Marine Capture Fisheries Production: Top Ten Species in 2004 (Worldwide) - FAO Status

RankSpeciesMillion Tonnes
1Anchoveta10.7
2Alaska Pollock2.7
3Blue Whiting2.4
4Skipjack Tuna2.1
5Atlantic Herring2
6Chub Mackerel2
7Japanese Anchovy1.8
8Chilean Jack mackerel1.8
9Largehead hairtail1.6
10Yellowfin Tuna1.4



Keeping our Oceans Stocked

Introducing major fish statistics ...

What we buy or sell commercially

What we buy and eat as consumers

What we do with different kinds of fish

How stocks of fish are doing




Highlighted fishes

Atlantic Cod

Atlantic Cod
Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua Image Courtesy

Food

  • Bacalhau
  • TBA
  • Current issues

    • Shutdown of California Chinook salmon fishery
    • Southern Bluefin.

    • It's decline
    • It's replacement - Alaskan Pollock and hoki...

Bluefin Tunas

Bluefin Tuna
Northern Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus. Image courtesy

Bluefin Tunas



California Chinook Salmon

California Chinook Salmon

Pacific Sardine


Pacific Sardine Sardinops sagax Schooling anchovies near the Scripps Pier, La Jolla, California. Image courtesy Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

Story of Pacific Sarine (Sardinops sagax) and the Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) offshore California.

Example of complex response of fisheries stocks to fishing and natural cycles.




Common Thresher Shark

Story of the Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus off California ...
  • What it does with its tail
  • It's sudden presence in grocery stores.
  • Rapid drop in stocks.
  • Where it lives
  • Pelagic Thresher Shark Alopias pelagicus Image Courtesy

    Pacific Bonito

    Pacific Bonito
    Eastern Pacific Bonito Sarda chiliensis Image Courtesy
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