date:May 17, 2018
rices.
Small-scale fisheries, in comparison, were responsible for 23 per cent of the global catch or approximately 1.3 billion tonnes in the past 65 years.
However, their catch was worth significantly more because they use small gillnets, traps, lines, hand tools, and similar utensils to catch the fish they want.
Catching fewer quantities of higher-value species, such as crabs and lobsters, made small-scale fisheries almost CAD 200 billion （USD 155.7 billion）， said Palomares.
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