Saving fish is a messy business. See how we make sense
of the complexity and surface solutions.
Commissioned by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation in 2008, this report was the first of three phases of research that culminated in the founding of Future of Fish.
Future of Fish was born from a unique partnership between Ashoka, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Central, a design strategy firm.
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Large commercial fishing vessels more closely resemble space ships than boats. Wall-to-wall electronics allow captains to “see” beneath the surface to find ever-scarcer fish.
At one time almost all fishers fished as much as they could, as fast as they could, racing to catch as many fish as possible before the season ended or the total catch landed by all fishers reached its legal, predetermined cap.
Piracy pays. Growing seafood demand, combined with fewer fish, poor traceability systems, and a vast ocean impossible to patrol adds up to big returns for illegal fishers.
How can you regulate something you can’t see? That seemingly impossible task is exactly the core mission of fisheries managers.
Buying seafood is easy. Sourcing seafood responsibly is not. Consumers and retailers alike must wade through growing lists of health and environmental considerations when purchasing responsible seafood.
The challenges of developing-nation fisheries look very different from those of their commercially developed brethren.
Eating fish these days is a game of bait and switch: what you think you’re buying isn’t what you get.
Aquaculture has been around for millennia. But aquaculture as an industrial food system is in its adolescence, suffering from major growing pains.
Demand for oyster shell far outstrips supply. Increase the supply of shell to decrease the cost of restoration.
