Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
The global contribution of forage fish to marine fisheries and ecosystems
Fish and Fisheries, Volume 15, No. 1, Year 2014
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
Forage fish play a pivotal role in marine ecosystems and economies worldwide by sustaining many predators and fisheries directly and indirectly. We estimate global forage fish contributions to marine ecosystems through a synthesis of 72 published Ecopath models from around the world. Three distinct contributions of forage fish were examined: (i) the ecological support service of forage fish to predators in marine ecosystems, (ii) the total catch and value of forage fisheries and (iii) the support service of forage fish to the catch and value of other commercially targeted predators. Forage fish use and value varied and exhibited patterns across latitudes and ecosystem types. Forage fish supported many kinds of predators, including fish, seabirds, marine mammals and squid. Overall, forage fish contribute a total of about $16.9 billion USD to global fisheries values annually, i.e. 20% of the global ex-vessel catch values of all marine fisheries combined. While the global catch value of forage fisheries was $5.6 billion, fisheries supported by forage fish were more than twice as valuable ($11.3 billion). These estimates provide important information for evaluating the trade-offs of various uses of forage fish across ecosystem types, latitudes and globally. We did not estimate a monetary value for supportive contributions of forage fish to recreational fisheries or to uses unrelated to fisheries, and thus the estimates of economic value reported herein understate the global value of forage fishes. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Pikitch, Ellen K.
United States, Stony Brook
Stony Brook University
Rountos, Konstantine J.
United States, Stony Brook
Stony Brook University
Essington, Timothy E.
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Pauly, Daniel
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Watson, Reg A.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Sumaila, Ussif Rashid
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Boersma, P. Dee
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
I. L. Boyd, Ian L.
United Kingdom, Swindon
Natural Environment Research Council
Cury, P. M.
France, Sete
Marbec Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation
Houde, Edward D.
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Plagányi, Éva Elizabeth
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Sainsbury, Keith J.
Australia, Hobart
University of Tasmania
Steneck, Robert S.
United States, Orono
University of Maine
Gownaris, Natasha J.
United States, Stony Brook
Stony Brook University
Statistics
Citations: 307
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/faf.12004
ISSN:
14672979