Behinds Quote by Achim Steiner

Sustainable fishing is a fraud. It's a marketing term that really means 'business as usual.'

— Paul Watson

Fishermen own the fish they catch, but they do not own the ocean.

— Etienne Schneider

If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money…

— Maurice Strong

There is no need for an end to fish, or to fishing for that matter. But there is an urgent need for governments to…

— Daniel Pauly

The idea of the industrial fishing affects everyone. Those factory ships play this game of hit and run with the international fishing limits, and…

— Robin Williams

Commercial fishermen are the greediest, stupidest people on earth.

— Paul Watson

“Fishes should not be taken from the deep; instruments for the profit of a state should not be shown to the people.”

— Laozi

Seventy percent of the fish we eat is black market, fished in violation of international laws. Our ignorance makes us unwilling partners in crime.…

— Loretta Napoleoni

No one understands the impacts of shifting fish stocks more than commercial and recreational fishermen in my district.

— Jeff Van Drew

I'm not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale…

— Sylvia Earle

It's not to give people fish It's not to teach them how to fish It's to build a new and better fishing industry

— Bill Drayton

“...anyone who chooses to make fishing his occupation solely for the money is in the wrong business. If no thrill is experienced in catching…

— Linda Greenlaw