Seafood could Disappear by 2050

Seafood could Disappear by 2050




This is the finding by a group of scientists that are claiming the current fishing method is affecting the ecosystem that has resulted in depleting the fish stock by 29%. If this trend continues, by around 2050 close to 90% of the fish supply could be depleted and cannot be recovered, yet the scientists claimed that it is not too late to do something about the overall ecosystem that will find it difficult to recover from climate change. The suggestion is to better manage the overall ecosystem instead of trying to preserve individual species, flanked by controlling over-fishing by big trawlers, and controlling pollution. To accomplish that it would require a huge political will and the coming together of many forces.

However, the National Fishery Institute, which represents the fishing industry, does not buy into the finding claiming that the fish population goes up and down. In addition, the use of technology to catch targeted species that will be allowed to replenish after a given period is keeping the ecosystem in good condition. However, when the consumption of fish in the USA is 16.6 pound a person, and when 1 billion people depend on it for their protein intake, the worry could be justified. In addition to that, it is an $80 billion industry where 200 million people depend on to make a living.