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Imagine you go to the supermarket. You’re in the mood for some tuna, but the shelves seem emptier than usual. You graze the aisles for your favorite brand, but all that’s left is a price tag.
Disappointed, you go home and see there is an airing on the news of an international shortage and decline of all sea animal food, but what is the cause?
The answer is overfishing. From the worldwildlife.org:
Fishing is one of the most significant drivers of declines in ocean wildlife populations. Catching fish is not inherently bad for the ocean, except for when vessels catch fish faster than stocks can replenish, something called overfishing.
The damage done by overfishing goes beyond the marine environment. Billions of people rely on fish for protein, and fishing is the principal livelihood for millions of people around the world.
It is only made worse by illegal catching and trade , some of the worst ocean impacts are caused by pervasive illegal fishing, which is estimated at up to 30% of catch or more for high-value species. Experts estimate illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing nets criminals up to $36.4 billion each year.
These illegal catches move through opaque supply chains due to a lack of systems to track fish from catch to consumer — something called traceability — and import controls in much of the sector.
If these actions keep escalating, there won’t be mouths to feed, or whales for children to see.
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