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Some references for the education team can be found on the "Call to Action" page.

Also, information on getting protein from non-animal sources can be found on Protein in the Vegan Diet and on this Protein Information Sheet.

...Key points include 46% of Californians are "very concerned" that fish/seafood is being overfished, but 56% still eat seafood more than once a week. http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_206MBS.pdf. From Public Policy Institute of California.

Adam Bockelie

  • Decrease fish consumption
    • Tell people about mercury in fish
    • Encourage aquaculture
    • Hydroponics in poor countries...?
      • Used for fresh water
  • Use celebs to talk about fish problem
  • ADVOCATE FAMILY PLANNING
  • Have fisheries in the School and College Curriculum (worked in India--The education board has made it compulsory for every student to have a subject Environment Education before getting their graduation.)
  • Have international drawing competition about 'SAVING THE OCEANS' among students. (Camlin color contest has again worked in India in creating awareness about environment problems)
  • Advertisement on search pages like Google or Yahoo! which links to trivia quizzes on fisheries make people aware of it)
    have events held in colleges or educational institutions which collect money for FISH
  • 'Wash your hands' and 'Have safe sex' posters and banners in public places have worked in the past...So we can have banners like "save the fish".
  • (on a lighter note)
    • have a facebook group or orkut community "save the fish-we need you"

Quelling the Demand for Fish

"Global consumption of fish has doubled since 1973, and the developing world has been responsible for nearly all of this growth. Countries with rapid population growth, rapid income growth, and urbanization tend to have the greatest increases in consumption of animal products, including fish products, and the developing world has experienced all three trends. China, where income growth and urbanization have been major factors, dominates consumption of fish products. It accounted for about 36 percent of global consumption in 1997, compared with only 11 percent in 1973. India and Southeast Asia together accounted for another 17 percent in 1997, with total consumption doubling since 1973" (Ahmed et al., 2003).

Works Cited

Ahmed, M., Delgado, C.L., Meijer, S., Rosegrant, M.W., Wada, N. (2003). The Future of Fish: Issues and Trends to 2020. International Food Policy Research Insitute and WorldFish Center. Retrieved 18 November 2007, from the World Wide Web: http://www.ifpri.org.

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