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I don't think we're very close to fishing all of the fish out of the ocean.

• rexpop 4y ago
  I don't know. It looks like Atlantic Cod aren't bouncing back[0], and neither are alewife, rainbow smelt, bloater and others in the Georgian Bay[1]. Meanwhile, apparently, Pacific Sardine have collapsed from 1.8M to 0.2M in the last 20 years[3]. These data paint a grim picture. 0. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/f7/c3/7ef7c3244b3e4fd1f224dc645bfe3d8f.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/f7/c3/7ef7c3244b3e4fd1f224... 1. https://www.stateofthebay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/prey-fish-populations-shart.png https://www.stateofthebay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/prey... 3. https://usa.oceana.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/593/sardine_exploitation_rates_2005-2017_3_1.jpg https://usa.oceana.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/593/sardin...
  • euroderf 4y ago
    On track for Soylent Green scenario.
• mellavora 4y ago
  Now I wonder what that view could be based on? even a quick glance at data shows massive reductions in fish stocks, see other post. or basically any research study https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1467-2979.2003.00103.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1467-2979.... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266684781_A_century_of_fish_biomass_decline_in_the_ocean https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266684781_A_century... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272771419307644 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027277141... https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/hawaiian-reefs-lost-almost-half-their-fish-to-pollution-and-fishing/ https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/hawaiian-reefs-lost-almost...
• micromacrofoot 4y ago
  doesn't need to be all of them, just the ones the Orcas prefer
• immibis 4y ago
  If you aren't being wilfully ignorant, then you will be unpleasantly surprised when you find out.