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Re:Popular seafood species in sharp decline around the world by dummydata on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @11:58AM (#24200270)
> Of the populations analyzed, 82 per cent were found to be below levels that can produce maximum sustainable yields, due to being caught at rates exceeding what can be regrown. Of these, 87 populations were found to be in the “very bad” category, with biomass levels at less than 20 per cent of what is needed to maximize sustainable fishery catches.

It seems to me that we don't have a clear concept of sustainable commercial fishing looks like (with regards to wild capture). Thankfully, it seems Aquaculture is on the rise to offset increasing demand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_industry

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Re:Popular seafood species in sharp decline around the world by s1artibartfast on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:15PM (#24200529)
How do you draw the conclusion that we dont know what sustainable fishing looks like.

According to the article, we know the optimal sustainable take down to the percent. The failure is in getting any nation to adhere to limits.

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