[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"question:1520:en-US":3},{"metadata":4,"sys":15,"fields":35},{"tags":5,"concepts":14},[6,11],{"sys":7},{"type":8,"linkType":9,"id":10},"Link","Tag","global",{"sys":12},{"type":8,"linkType":9,"id":13},"oceans",[],{"space":16,"id":20,"type":21,"createdAt":22,"updatedAt":23,"environment":24,"publishedVersion":28,"revision":29,"contentType":30,"locale":34},{"sys":17},{"type":8,"linkType":18,"id":19},"Space","ghhpjogyw4x7","1PaPXZc6YW8xkxyvFlWIdV","Entry","2023-04-21T09:18:00.493Z","2023-11-27T09:06:16.506Z",{"sys":25},{"id":26,"type":8,"linkType":27},"master","Environment",29,3,{"sys":31},{"type":8,"linkType":32,"id":33},"ContentType","question","en-US",{"isHidden":36,"isRequiredForChallenge":36,"globalId":37,"answers":38,"answersAsImages":36,"wrongPercentage":94,"name":95,"questionText":96,"statistics":97,"veryWrongStatistics":99,"correctSentence":101,"youWereWrong":102,"youWereRight":103,"dataSourceShortText":104,"dataSourceLinkLongText":105,"extendedAnswerText":106,"headingVeryWrong":107,"youWereVeryWrong":108,"headingWrong":109},false,"1520",[39,59,77],{"metadata":40,"sys":43,"fields":56},{"tags":41,"concepts":42},[],[],{"space":44,"id":46,"type":21,"createdAt":47,"updatedAt":48,"environment":49,"publishedVersion":51,"revision":52,"contentType":53,"locale":34},{"sys":45},{"type":8,"linkType":18,"id":19},"4E1ZcS4jqg37u6pWPRzXFH","2023-04-21T09:18:00.729Z","2023-10-11T08:28:01.971Z",{"sys":50},{"id":26,"type":8,"linkType":27},5,2,{"sys":54},{"type":8,"linkType":32,"id":55},"answer",{"globalId":57,"correctAnswer":36,"isVeryWrong":36,"answerText":58},"1520-a1","It decreased by roughly 30%",{"metadata":60,"sys":63,"fields":73},{"tags":61,"concepts":62},[],[],{"space":64,"id":66,"type":21,"createdAt":67,"updatedAt":68,"environment":69,"publishedVersion":51,"revision":52,"contentType":71,"locale":34},{"sys":65},{"type":8,"linkType":18,"id":19},"YGcUgcP6xpvqGi7NlaapT","2023-04-21T09:18:00.764Z","2023-10-11T08:28:01.932Z",{"sys":70},{"id":26,"type":8,"linkType":27},{"sys":72},{"type":8,"linkType":32,"id":55},{"globalId":74,"correctAnswer":75,"isVeryWrong":36,"answerText":76},"1520-a2",true,"It stayed about the same",{"metadata":78,"sys":81,"fields":91},{"tags":79,"concepts":80},[],[],{"space":82,"id":84,"type":21,"createdAt":85,"updatedAt":86,"environment":87,"publishedVersion":51,"revision":52,"contentType":89,"locale":34},{"sys":83},{"type":8,"linkType":18,"id":19},"Ddlcc6rV5cauPf9bflHvF","2023-04-21T09:18:00.801Z","2023-10-11T08:28:01.884Z",{"sys":88},{"id":26,"type":8,"linkType":27},{"sys":90},{"type":8,"linkType":32,"id":55},{"globalId":92,"correctAnswer":36,"isVeryWrong":75,"answerText":93},"1520-a3","It increased by roughly 30%",83,"Fishing trends","What happened to the total volume of fish caught in the wild every year during the past 20 years?",[98],"uk 0.83",[100],"uk 0.32","The total volume of fish caught in the wild has roughly stayed the same every year during the past 20 years.","The catch of wild fish should have gone down, like you thought it did, but it hasn’t changed much over the past couple of decades","The amount of wild fish caught in the oceans and rivers has barely changed over the past couple of decades.","Source: FAO & Sea Around Us","The FAO put the total catch from inland and marine sources at 90.9 million tonnes in 2000 and 90.3 million tonnes in 2020, which was a small decline. The figure for 2020 was the lowest for several years, in part because of the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. In the years prior to that it had been up or down a few million tonnes each year, but nowhere near 30%. In September 2022, the Sea Around Us was adjusting its estimates for the period after 2014, but its previous numbers showed that the trend was roughly the same, even though its estimates were higher than the FAO’s. We consulted with three experts on this question and, even if they had an issue with the estimates from the FAO and Sea Around Us, they had no disagreement with our assessment of the trend over the past 20 years.\n\n[1]  [The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fao.org\u002F3\u002Fcc0461en\u002Fcc0461en.pdf)  \n[2]  [Sea Around Us](http:\u002F\u002Fwww.seaaroundus.org\u002Fdata\u002F#\u002Fglobal?chart=catch-chart&dimension=taxon&measure=tonnage&limit=10)  \n","Between 2000 and 2020, the amount of fish caught in the rivers and seas hasn’t changed much. That is despite people eating more fish than ever before. Fish farming has helped increase the amount available but, still, close to half of the fish eaten by humans today is caught in the wild.\n\nThe top three catches by weight in 2020 were: Anchoveta, Alaska Pollock and Skipjack Tuna.\n\nThere have been attempts to reduce the number of fishing boats and to protect certain species, but not enough has been done yet to cut out problems with pollution and overfishing. \n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nWe hear a lot about fishing destroying the fish stocks and human behavior harming ecosystems in the oceans but this doesn’t mean that wild capture numbers have increased dramatically. \n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nThinking that the fish stocks have been recklessly fished to the brink of extinction can create a feeling of despair. Knowing that measures can and should be taken to protect the seas can give a sense of purpose and hope.\n\n### Can I trust this data?\nData on the amount of fish caught is a very debated issue. The FAO is widely respected by many experts, but critics do not like the fact that it comes directly from governments. Some, they say, may have reasons to adjust their figures, while others may not be able to provide very accurate estimates. One alternative is the Sea Around Us - a project from the university of British Columbia - which has been working to replace the “missing data” that exists in the FAO numbers, which they believe comes from unreported catch numbers. The Sea Around Us’ numbers are quite a bit higher than those reported by the FAO, but the trend when it comes to the wild catch is very similar. That is why our answer “it stayed about the same,” is more correct when it comes to the trend over the past two decades than either of the other two answer options we use in our question.\n","Born to be food","People eat more fish today than ever, but that isn’t because more fish are being caught in the seas. ","Wishful fishing"]