{"id":1071,"date":"2021-08-09T06:52:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T13:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coral.org\/?page_id=1071"},"modified":"2025-06-09T07:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:58:13","slug":"food","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coral.org\/en\/coral-reefs-101\/why-care-about-reefs\/food\/","title":{"rendered":"Food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">If properly managed, coral reefs can yield an average of 15 tons of fish and other seafood per square kilometer (.4 square miles) per year. Coral reefs support 6 million fishers in nearly 100 countries. Reefs account for 10-12% of the fish caught in tropical countries, and 20-25% of the fish caught by developing nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">They are a primary source of food and protein for many coastal communities. In fact, 3.3 billion people around the world rely on fish for 15% of their animal protein intake. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">When a coral reef dies, it becomes a food security crisis for the local communities who depend on the reef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/coral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/page_images_10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2224\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Many people rely on reef fish for protein.&nbsp;<em>Photo by CORAL staff<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If properly managed, coral reefs can yield an average of 15 tons of fish and other seafood per square kilometer (.4 square miles) per year. Coral reefs support 6 million fishers in nearly 100 countries. Reefs account for 10-12% of the fish caught in tropical countries, and 20-25% of the fish caught by developing nations.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/coral.org\/en\/coral-reefs-101\/why-care-about-reefs\/food\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3929,"parent":2202,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"sidebar-content","_genesis_transparent_header":false,"_genesis_hide_siblings_nav":true,"_genesis_hide_flyout":false,"_genesis_subtitle":"","_genesis_subheading":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1071","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"template_part":"","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/static.coral.org\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coral-reef-alliance-placeholder-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/static.coral.org\/uploads\/2021\/09\/coral-reef-alliance-placeholder-600x600.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coral.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coral.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coral.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coral.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coral.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coral.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1071\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coral.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coral.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coral.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}