How does human activity endanger some species?22 October 2009•Increased population in the developing world•Increased consumption in the developed world•Larger scale commercial fishing assisted by newtechnologies.Are threatening the world’s fish populations.Lesson objective:To understand how

Fish is an important part of the human diet in many partsof the world. It provides protein and essential vitaminsand minerals. It is particularly valuable as food indeveloping countriessuch as Bangladesh, Ghana, NorthKorea and Indonesia, where it provides half of theprotein consumed.Fishing in Bangladesh

In the developed world, the demand for fish has grown,and consumption of fish by the rising populations of Asiahas increased ten-fold since 1970. By the year 2000 theworld‘s fishing fleets were catching five times theamount of fish they had taken 50 years ago.

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