London – Fish is healthy and tasty and increasingly popular. Today´s per capita consumption of fish amounts to 19 kg per year on a global average. Nine out of ten EU citizens think it is important to manage our seas responsibly and increasing numbers of consumers look for fish from sustainable sources when shopping. In countries like Germany or Switzerland 25 per cent of all consumers make a point of choosing seafood products with the blue MSC label.

Did you know that fish is used in health supplements, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products?

By contrast, very few people know that the volume of fish caught around the world today far exceeds the amount that ends up on our tables as food. According to the FAO, one in five fish is not caught for direct human consumption, but is sent for industrial production of secondary products. An estimated 14-18 million tonnes of wild-capture fi ... ...