The purpose of this children's book is to bring awareness of overfishing. Also, here are some solutions for it. Thanks you and enjoy!

What is overfishing?

Overfishing is the removal of several species of fish from their habitat at extremely high rates for fishes to replace themselves.

Causes of Overfishing

-Consumer demands is way too high, so there is a dependency for fish. It also triggers fisheries to catch more fish.

-There is a poor management inside the fisheries.

-Illegal fishing: makes about 20% of the world catch .

-Fisheries have an open access, since only 1.5% of all body waters are protected. This means they have an easy access and lack motives to leave fish in the ocean.

The effects of Overfishing

-It can impact harshly the ecosystem, since the size of fish remaining can severely decrease. Also, it affects the speed at which fishes reproduces.

-There is an imbalance in the marine food chain, which can decrease the population of other marine life like turtles.

-If overfishing continues, there will be a point that the population of fish will cease. Then, fisheries will collapse and people will lose their jobs.

-Pollution and damage in coral reefs.

-Billions of unnecessary fish loss

-The changes in sea temperature has caused hazardous microbes, bacteria, and toxic algae in warm areas of the sea. This eventually causes poisoned fish and other animals.

-Since poor countries depend on fish as a source of protein, fisheries do overfishing to meet this demand. At the end, the poor people can get sick due to the poisoned fishes.

Climate change and overfishing