MANAGEMENT O F FISHERY RESOURCES
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TABLE 11. PER CAPUT PROTEIN SUPPLIES, BY REGION (RECENT PERIOD)
Prom " State of Food and Agriculture 1964 ", F.A.O. Rome.
Region
Total
protein
~
-~ ~~~~
Wcsterri Europe
.
. 83
Eastern Europe and
U.S.S.R.
.
. 94
North Amorica.
.
. 93
Oceania .
f
94
Latin Amorica .
.
. 67
Far East (incl. mainland
Near East
.
. 76
China) .
.
. 56
Anirnal protein
Fish
-~
-
_ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
As "/b of
A s yo of A s yo of
Total
total
Total total
animal
protein
protein protein
( g per caput per day)
_ _
~ _ _ _ _
39
47
2.4
2.9
6.2
33
35
1.9
2.0
5.8
66
71
2.5
2.7
3.8
62
66
2.2
2.3
3.5
24
36
1.5
2.2
6.3
8
14
2.2
3.9
27.5
14
18
1.1
1.4
7.9
Africa
.
. 61
11
18
1.3
2.1
11.8
High-calorie countries*
. 90
44
49
2.4
2.7
5.5
Low-calorie countricst
. 58
9
16
1.9
3.3
21.1
World
.
. 68
20
29
2.3
3.4
11.5
* Europe, North America, Oceania, Hiver Plate countries.
?- Latin America, Par East and Near East, Africa.
that these additions have been in the areas (Indian Ocean, south-east
Pacific) away from the old centres of fishery development, and no
major new resources have been discovered in the North Atlantic, or
north-west Pacific. At the present rate of development few substantial
unexploited stocks of fish accessible to the present types of gear will
remain in another twenty years. Thus the problem of international
management is becoming increasingly urgent.
This problem is not confined to the high seas, but occurs also in
inland waters, especially in the larger rivers and lakes where the
biological problems are essentially the same as in the sea, even though
the problems of international fishing may be much less. For certain
stocks which are particularly vulnerable, e.g. salmon going upstream to
spawn, the problems of overfishing may become more intensive than
in any purely marine fishery. Inland waters also present other problems,
such as pollution, and the alternative use of water resources-power,
irrigation etc.-which may conflict with fisheries. These are less
pressing in the sea, though there are similar problems, for instance the
use of the other resources of the sea-bed such as minerals or oil, which
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TABLE 11. PER CAPUT PROTEIN SUPPLIES, BY REGION (RECENT PERIOD)
Prom " State of Food and Agriculture 1964 ", F.A.O. Rome.
Region
Total
protein
~
-~ ~~~~
Wcsterri Europe
.
. 83
Eastern Europe and
U.S.S.R.
.
. 94
North Amorica.
.
. 93
Oceania .
f
94
Latin Amorica .
.
. 67
Far East (incl. mainland
Near East
.
. 76
China) .
.
. 56
Anirnal protein
Fish
-~
-
_ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
As "/b of
A s yo of A s yo of
Total
total
Total total
animal
protein
protein protein
( g per caput per day)
_ _
~ _ _ _ _
39
47
2.4
2.9
6.2
33
35
1.9
2.0
5.8
66
71
2.5
2.7
3.8
62
66
2.2
2.3
3.5
24
36
1.5
2.2
6.3
8
14
2.2
3.9
27.5
14
18
1.1
1.4
7.9
Africa
.
. 61
11
18
1.3
2.1
11.8
High-calorie countries*
. 90
44
49
2.4
2.7
5.5
Low-calorie countricst
. 58
9
16
1.9
3.3
21.1
World
.
. 68
20
29
2.3
3.4
11.5
* Europe, North America, Oceania, Hiver Plate countries.
?- Latin America, Par East and Near East, Africa.
that these additions have been in the areas (Indian Ocean, south-east
Pacific) away from the old centres of fishery development, and no
major new resources have been discovered in the North Atlantic, or
north-west Pacific. At the present rate of development few substantial
unexploited stocks of fish accessible to the present types of gear will
remain in another twenty years. Thus the problem of international
management is becoming increasingly urgent.
This problem is not confined to the high seas, but occurs also in
inland waters, especially in the larger rivers and lakes where the
biological problems are essentially the same as in the sea, even though
the problems of international fishing may be much less. For certain
stocks which are particularly vulnerable, e.g. salmon going upstream to
spawn, the problems of overfishing may become more intensive than
in any purely marine fishery. Inland waters also present other problems,
such as pollution, and the alternative use of water resources-power,
irrigation etc.-which may conflict with fisheries. These are less
pressing in the sea, though there are similar problems, for instance the
use of the other resources of the sea-bed such as minerals or oil, which