Overfishing
· Catching too much fish degrades system
· Non-sustainable use of oceans
- · Fishing fleets 2-3 times larger than needed
- · 80% of fisheries are fully-to-over-depleted
- · ecology of oceans under stress
- · risk of losing food source
- · marine mammals, sharks, sea birds, noncommercial fish affected
Solutions
- · safe catch limits
- · controls of bycatch
- · protection of pristine and importany habitats
- · monitoring and enforcement
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