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Overfishing & Fisheries Management

Global Fisheries Crisis

The FAO estimates that 35 percent of global fish stocks are overfished, with another 57 percent fished at their maximum sustainable yield. Overfishing removes fish faster than populations can reproduce, triggering trophic cascades that restructure entire ecosystems. The collapse of Atlantic cod off Newfoundland in 1992 — once the world's most productive fishery — remains a cautionary example: three decades after the moratorium, cod stocks have still not fully recovered. Modern fisheries science seeks to prevent such collapses through data-driven management.

Overfishing & Fisheries Management

Global Fisheries Crisis

The FAO estimates that 35 percent of global fish stocks are overfished, with another 57 percent fished at their maximum sustainable yield. Overfishing removes fish faster than populations can reproduce, triggering trophic cascades that restructure entire ecosystems. The collapse of Atlantic cod off Newfoundland in 1992 — once the world's most productive fishery — remains a cautionary example: three decades after the moratorium, cod stocks have still not fully recovered. Modern fisheries science seeks to prevent such collapses through data-driven management.