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Dire State of Global Fish Stocks 2024
September 5 , 2024
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- Researchers have found that significantly more fish stocks are overfished or have already collapsed compared to previous estimates.
- Fishing pressure exceeds what fish populations can naturally replenish.
- When catches fall below 10 per cent of the original biomass, the stock is considered collapsed.
- Nearly a third of fish stocks classified by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as “maximally sustainably fished” are actually overfished.
- Within the overfished category, 85 per cent more stocks have likely collapsed (below 10 per cent original biomass) than previously estimated.
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