If the target species is especially valuable or slow-growing, overfishing (at least in narrow economic terms) is rational.
If policy truly reflected what we now know about the state of the planet (in terms of climate change, water resources, disappearing habitats, deforestation, overfishing, growing numbers of environmental refugees, and so on), the political declaration to be agreed upon by leaders at the world summit would be very different from the anaemic and duplicitous draft currently under discussion.
In an increasingly prosperous Asia, the market for the soup has grown drastically, causing overfishing around the globe.
Reef loss results from a host of synergistic and growing environmental insults: overfishing, global change, ocean acidification, pollution, coral disease.
One billion people in developing countries will face shortages of fish, their main source of protein, within 20 years because of the world's growing population and overfishing, a study says.
Stroll by any Whole Foods seafood counter and you will see color-coded fish: Green for fully sustainable, yellow for partially sustainable, and red for fish threatened by overfishing or grown on polluting fish farms.
Sharks are also inherently sensitive to overfishing as the grow slowly, mature late in life and produce few young," says National Geographic's Explorer-in-residence and honorary NRDC trustee Sylvia Earle.
The large and growing threats to ocean ecosystems -- overfishing, climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction -- coupled with the limited scientific capacity of most small island states make science-based management not only an imperative, but also a challenge.
Your timely Jan . 21editorial, "Until All the Fish Are Gone," correctly underscores the growing negative environmental and social effects of overfishing.
Overfishing has been a growing concern, however, despite the government's emphasis on sustainable development.
In some fisheries, therefore, the volume of the catch has grown even as its value has fallen.The overfishing is spreading.
