Aquarium of the Pacific

Aquarium Event

Working Toward Sustainable Fisheries: Is it too late?

Many of the world’s fisheries are over-exploited and fish stocks have crashed. Bycatch, destructive fishing methods, habitat destruction, and pollution all conspire to take an additional toll.

The U.S. has made significant progress in managing domestic stocks, but less well managed fisheries are still the rule rather than the exception. With proper governance and management, wild fish stocks can be managed to provide a sustainable supply of protein, but to meet demand they will have to be supplemented with environmentally responsible marine aquaculture.

Find out more will Dr. William W. Fox, Jr. at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Dr. Fox is vice president and managing director for World Wildlife Fund U.S.’s fisheries department in San Diego, CA. He has also worked for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including being the first and long-time Director of NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Science & Technology. Dr. Fox also headed the U.S. scientific delegation to the International Scientific Committee for North Pacific Tunas and Tuna-like species and was the chief science advisor to the U.S. delegations to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and Northern Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. He was educated in oceanography, marine biology, and fisheries at the University of Miami (FL) and University of Washington.

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