Tuesday, November 18, 2008

World Fisheries in Danger of Collapse

Lester Brown is no slouch when it comes to research and should be read and listened to - read and decide for yourself - grin - before your next visit to Red Lobster!
clipped from www.earthpolicy.org
As population grows and as modern food marketing systems give more people access to these products, seafood consumption is growing. Indeed, the human appetite for seafood is outgrowing the sustainable yield of oceanic fisheries. Today 75 percent of fisheries are being fished at or beyond their sustainable capacity. As a result, many are in decline and some have collapsed.
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