Green Options » catch shares http://greenoptions.com/tag/catch-shares Posts tagged 'catch shares' Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:29:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Environmental Defense Fund: Oceans of Jellyfish? Or Oceans of Abundance? The Choice is Ours http://sustainablog.org/2008/12/02/environmental-defense-fund-oceans-of-jellyfish-or-oceans-of-abundance-the-choice-is-ours/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/12/02/environmental-defense-fund-oceans-of-jellyfish-or-oceans-of-abundance-the-choice-is-ours/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:29:17 +0000 edfblog http://sustainablog.org/2008/12/02/environmental-defense-fund-oceans-of-jellyfish-or-oceans-of-abundance-the-choice-is-ours/ Most of America’s seafood counters display glistening mounds of all manner of fresh fish. But this bounty belies the fact that the oceans are in serious trouble. In the U.S., thousands of fishermen have lost their jobs, and signs of ecosystem collapse are on the rise, as nets get clogged with jellyfish rather than sought-after kinds of fish.

The graph below paints a sobering picture of how much fish populations have dwindled – and where they might be headed if we don’t act soon: In 1950, just 15 percent of stocks were overfished; in 2003, 70 percent were overfished or had totally collapsed

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