When I was in Massachusetts I went to a museum with an exhibit on the history of the fishing industry. At first they hunted whales near the surface, until ther

When I was in Massachusetts I went to a museum with an exhibit on the history of the fishing industry. At first they hunted whales near the surface, until there where no more whales in the Atlantic. There was actually a map diagraming how each year the whaling fleet needed to travel further and further south. Then it was cod. Then halibut. And now lobster. Overt two centuries, the industry systematically cleaned out species in order from sea surface to sea bottom.