The Impact Of Fishing On The Service Of Industrialization

Chapter I: Introduction 1.1 General Introduction Fishing is an activity that people have been doing since early civilization. It evolved from a social need to currently also one of commercial interest2. As Cochrane and Garcia (2009) describe it so nicely: â€Å"†¦the commoditization of nature in the service of industrialization.† After years of perceived growth, it is now evident that globally countries suffer from the negative effects that we people have ourselves helped create. The introduction starts with a background and relates the complexity of fisheries management from a global level to Suriname. Also the benefits that fisheries provide for Suriname will be mentioned. Following the problem statement and the objective of the study, the†¦show more content†¦When looking at the state of the fish stocks of which information is available, confirmed that the proportion of overexploited, depleted and recovering stocks have remained relatively stable over the last 10-15 years, after the observed upward trend of operating in the 1970s and 1980s. It is estimated that in 2007 52% of the fish are fully exploited, meaning that the catches are close to their maximum permissible limit for sustainable operation and that there was no scope for further expansion (Valdimarsson, 2007). 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing accessed March 30, 2010 2 This upward trend internationally, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, has influenced Suriname. Since 1979 fisheries in Suriname went through various developments that have a perceptible upward trend. These developments characterize diversification of the fishing fleet, the commercial marketing of previously unknown species, improvement of facilities and major expansion of the fleet. From that year, the Surinamese government had several collaborations with Belgium, Japan, the FAO and the European Union (EU) and there is much work done in the field of fisheries development, policy, research, data collection and processing, quality management and support in the form of input, terminal facilities and other amenities. Some of these efforts today expanded or developed, but many efforts have also deteriorated. What makes fishery management so complex?