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Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 2,0, University of Applied Sciences Constanze, course: Environmental Economics, language: English, abstract: Fish represents a major component of the food supply for the worlds population. It makes a very significant contribution to the diet of many fish consuming communities in both the developed and developing world. It is accounting for almost onefifth of all animal protein in the human diet. Fisheries and Aquaculture remain very important to many countries and communities as a source of food, employment and revenue. Although fish is a renewable resource, it is also destructible. Current fishing levels and methods place significant pressure on world fisheries and marine ecosystems. [.]