We've Eaten All The Fish In The Sea

We've Eaten All The Fish In The Sea: "

The ocean seems infinitely huge, but we're emptying it.


That's the message of a 2003 study by Villy Christensen, Sylvie Guénette, and other researchers (via Paul Kedrosky).


The authors took a look at annual catches of popular North Atlantic fish over the past half-century, and estimated the change in fish populations over the last hundred years.


Below is the most frightening chart, which is based on the study (click for bigger).


Fish Decline

Estimated fish population densities, 1900-1999





Annual catches, 1950-1999





More fishing, less fish





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