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Closeup composition of multi coloured artisanal fishing nets laying on a pier from a small fishing port.Small-scale fisheries catch as much fish for human consumption as industrial fisheries,using an eighth of the fuel burned by the industrial fishing.Small-scale fisheries use selective fishing methods and discard a small number of fish at sea.Most of catches are used for human consumption.Industrial fisheries discarded at sea between 8 and 20 million tons of fish per year.In addition, industrial fleets capture 35 million tons of fish that are processed into fish meal for poultry,pigs and fish.