8 Artisanal vs Modern Fisheries Studies by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and other observers have produced revealing data regarding the relative scale of both artisanal and modern or industrialized fisheries: reducing the large- and medium-scale fishing industry by half might eliminate several hundreds of thousands of jobs on fishing boats. Reducing the small-scale, artisanal fishing sector by half would eliminate several million jobs. In comparing the world's two marine fishing industries -- large-scale vs. small-scale -- several important points can be made that also have bearing on cutbacks. Comparisons have shown that the small-scale, community-based fisheries actually provide about the same amount of marine fish for human consumption as the large-scale, company-owned fleets on a global basis (24 million vs. 27 million tons respectively). In producing its half-share of fish for human consumption, however: * The small-scale, community based sector produces little or no damaging bycatch/discards, keeping almost all its catch for local consumption; whereas, the large-scale, industrialized sector discards range between 17 to 39 million tons of wasted fish annually. * Small-scale artisanal fisheries employ about 20 times more people to catch its near-equal share of fish for human consumption. The small-scale, artisanal sector also employs about 100 times more fishermen per million dollars of capital invested in fishing vessels than the industrialized sector. * And the small-scale sector catches from 4 to 5 times more fish per ton of fuel consumed compared to the large-scale, industrial sector. In the final analysis, overfishing is the principal threat to long-term employment in fisheries. Saving jobs means ensuring that fish populations remain abundant, and the oceans' health and productive processes are continuously protected. 10 dugout canoes were purchased by Island Aid in Padang for donation to the most desperate areas. The catch from the first boat supplied with nets/lines and gear kit on the first day of fishing since the tsunami.