Overfishing has pushed the ocean fish stocks (all of them) into near collapse
Here are some of the recent headlines:
Northeast, two other US fishing areas declared disasters – Reuters
Commerce secretary declares Alaska salmon disaster – Seattle Times
Call to freeze fishing in Europe to replenish stocks – BBC
‘Profound’ decline in fish stocks shown in UK records – BBC
Study: 40 Mediterranean fish species could vanish – Phys.org
Deep-sea fish species decimated in a generation – NewScientist
‘Free-for-all’ decimates fish stocks in the southern Pacific – Publicintegrity.org
Big-Fish Stocks Fall 90 Percent Since 1950, Study Says – National Georgraphic
Unexpected patterns of fisheries collapse in the world’s oceans – National Academy of Sciences
The collapse of the world’s fisheries, a visual guide – Thewildlifenews.com
Caribbean coral reefs face collapse – The Guardian
Why Coral Reefs Around The World Are Collapsing – Science Daily
Collapse of snow crab fishery in Glace Bay Hole, Nova Scotia – Office of the Auditor General of Canada
BP Oil Spill Aftermath: Eyeless Shrimp, Clawless Crabs and Fish with Oozing Sores – Fox News
……. I can post more, but I am sure you get the point ……. our oceans are in very bad shape.
This is a very scary but very real situation we find ourselves in. Here is an excerpt from another post I wrote on this depressing subject:
.… Overfishing was recognized as one of the world’s greatest and most immediate environmental problems in 2002, when it was first demonstrated that global catches of wild fish had peaked around 1989 and have since been in decline …
Plastic Pollution in our Oceans
Moving forward as a species requires other species to survive. At the rate we are going (read: Human activity is driving Earth’s ‘sixth great extinction event’) we will be the only ones left. But alas, we know that isn’t possible. The web of life that makes all life possible on earth is unravelling. This is not a sustainable future as no amount of technology (no matter how smart we think we are) can replace the FREE services that the earth and all it’s systems provide (that we take for granted of course) which provide the food, water and air we consume daily. This brings me to another point I want to make, but in an effort to not get too far off topic that is for my next post, which you can find here (coming soon ….)