Fisheries Out Of Control

June 12, 2011 - PRLog -- Fisheries out of control

Major fishing industries all over the world are over fishing almost all of the fish in the sea.  All of the fish population have dropped drastically since 1950, about when commercial fishing took off.  At one point, scientists estimated that we would have to catch about only 15 thousand tonnes of fish each year to keep the fish population from collapsing further and 10 thousand tonnes if we were to let the fish population recover.  However, the ministers voted for a limit of 30 thousand tonnes every year, twice what we need to be fishing.  The scary part is that the actual fisheries ignore all of this and catch 60 thousand tonnes of fish a year, that is actually four times what would keep the fish population healthy.  Four times more than the limts set to ensure we have fish around for later generations!  At this rate it is estimated that the fish will be gone by 2048, that’s well within our lifetimes and so it is up to us fix this problem.  We need to work on this problem so that not only us but also our kids may live in a world with fish in it.  The best thing we can do is to eat less fish; we can also try looking into ways to protect the fish using things like sanctuaries that prevent people from fishing them.  We must act quickly though because if we just procrastinate saving the fish there won’t be any fish to save.  Countries that have fish as a staple in their diet may starve and  thousands of jobs will be lost.  Everyone will be affected so we all have to contribute to saving the fish population.
Everyone needs to figure out how they can help save the fiish population.  Let’s work together.

By Brayden Rankin
May 2011

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