[i]Lisbeth Landstr
DCL
Overfishing, quite simply, is the removal of "a sufficiently large number of certain fish from a body of water such that breeding stocks are reduced to levels that will not support the continued presence of the fish in desirable quantities for sport or commercial harvest."
For a better idea of the scope of this problem, Greenpeace explains: "Populations of top predators, a key indicator of ecosystem health, are disappearing at a frightening rate, and 90 percent of the large fish that many of us love to eat, such as tuna, swordfish, marlin, cod, halibut, skate, and flounder have been fished out since large scale industrial fishing began in the 1950s."
One more time for that reality check: 90 percent of the large fish in the ocean are gone.
To do your part and help a little, show some support for the Greenpeace plan to protect 40 percent of the world?s oceans as Marine Reserves. To help a lot more immediately, stop eating fish and encourage others to follow suit.
