How The Commercial Fishing Industry Robs Coastal Indigenous Communities | Forbes

It’s estimated that there are over 27 million Indigenous people living on the world’s coastlines. For these coastal communities, the ocean has been vital to their culture and survival for thousands of years. But global seafood consumption is rising, fueling a multibillion-dollar commercial fishing industry, and experts warn that, in some places, these commercial vessels are catching more fish than the ocean can provide, threatening sea life and the very people who rely on the ocean the most.

0:00 Intro
0:55 History and culture of coastal indigenous communities
3:40 Competition with industrial fishing industry
5:33 Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
6:40 Tracking and monitoring illegal fishing
9:00 Commercial fishing subsidies
9:40 Effects of commercial fishing on coastal indigenous communities
12:00 Climate change, overfishing, and solutions

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[waltproctor]

They recreational sector has traditionally overcocked their allocation for the last 15 years.

[Sean-fbcy]

Traditional fisheries never did any harm.
8000 years of trap methods prove this

[waltproctor]

Stop all commercial netting put vms on all recreational vessels.

[conanthedestroyer]

All Commercial and Industrial fishing need to be outlawed. Let the seas and oceans return to their natural state. Allow only manmade lake fish farming to feed the masses. Self-sustainment fishing is okay as long as limits are in place to protect from overfishing.

[shanechostetler]

Not true in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

[miguelito]

Just what the world needs. More licensing and policing to prevent people from doing anything that might actually allow them to provide for themselves.

[mariacarmenalonso]

Saludos! Podría ser el español? Gracias & salud!