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Fishing has played a vital role in human history and culture. But today this key resource faces a serious crisis as most species are being overfished or fished to their very limit. Governments have tried to tackle the problem with limited success. Many of their actions have been counterproductive or ineffective. What will happen to global fisheries, and the populations that depend on them, as we continue to catch more fish than the oceans can reproduce? This book explores the causes of the current crisis in the world's fisheries, and what needs to be done to address the situation. It explains the structure of the fishing industry, the incentives that persuade individuals or companies to catch fish at unsustainable levels, and illuminates the problems created by governmental efforts to use fishing policy as a tool for economic development or to win votes in domestic elections. It also looks at the role of aquaculture in either decreasing or increasing the pressure on wild fish stocks. The dire condition of fish stocks has led governments and consumer organizations to consider new approaches to protect the global supply of fish. DeSombre and Barkin conclude by showing how such methods, along with new forms of international regulation and informed decision-making by consumers, all have an important part to play in rewarding and thus encouraging sustainable fishing behaviour in the future. - Publ. website

Bawasalo Village, Sigeri Subdistrict, South Sulawesi Province is geographically located on the coast with themain livelihoods of its people as freshwater fish aquaculture fishermen or catching and selling fish. The mainproblem faced by fishermen and fish entrepreneurs, because fish are a commodity that is rapidly decliningquality or rot that can only last a maximum of 5 hours and even faster at room temperature. The lack ofknowledge about the use of fish waste and the absence of application of technology in fish wastemanagement. This is why fish waste is only disposed of at sea or sold to collectors at a low price. Even thoughfish waste can be processed into fish flour which is very good as additional nutrition for livestock and fishfeed. Based on the analysis of the situation, some of the problems faced by the business group can bedescribed, namely: Utilization of fish is still limited as a product to be marketed directly (fresh fish), there isno knowledge of how to use leftover fish so that it is only disposed of and becomes a disturbing waste, there isno adequate tools for processing fish waste into useful processed products, especially for fish meal and fishfeed, the need for business development to increase their income besides fishing for fish. Especially when seaconditions are not possible, fishermen cannot go to sea and do not earn income, do not understand businessmanagement and bookkeeping. Besides, fishermen and fish entrepreneurs are still dependent on factory-madefeed, so farmers / fishermen must provide sufficient funds to animal feed costs. As we know that the price offactory production feed is increasingly expensive. The purpose of this PKM activity is the application of a fishwaste grinding machine into fish meal at UKM Partners. The method of solving the problem offered is tointroduce and demonstrate the fish meal grinding machine that drives an electric motor with the followingsteps. Conduct cooperation with related institutions of the Regional Government of Pangkep Regencyespecially the Industry and Trade Office of Pangkep Regency and the Head of Bawasalo Village, SigeriDistrict in the framework of family development fish farmers / fishermen. Conduct extension activities byintroducing appropriate technology to fish meal grinding machines that are driven by electric motors. Holddemonstrations / demonstrations and train partners to make and assemble high-quality, high-quality fish mealgrinding machines.

Access to the European union (EU) for fish products originated from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States is fundamental as fish is globally one of the most important commodities exported by these States. The recent implementation of economic partnership agreements will not change the magnitude of the challenges that these countries have to face to comply with EU rules such as the new Rules of Origin or the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures that are becoming more and more stringent. Value addition of fishery and aquaculture products seems to be the most promising way to both comply with EU standards and get an optimal return of sea and freshwater resources exploitation.