Overfishing

Due to overfishing, some fish stocks are now at perilously low levels.

We are overfishing the world's oceans.

The rising temperature and changing chemistry of ocean water combine with other stresses, such as overfishing and coastal and marine pollution, to alter marine-based food production and harm fishing communities.

Overfishing is a major problem.

Abalone once supported important commercial and recreational fisheries in California, but the impacts of overfishing and disease have prompted the listing of two species of abalone, white and black, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

Many of the world’s reefs have already been destroyed or severely damaged by water pollution, overfishing and destructive fishing practices, disease, global climate change, and ship groundings. However, we can still protect and preserve our remaining reefs by acting now.

Holding a sign that read, “Sharks are friends, not food,” Yurasits emphasized that issues about ocean health “is more than just plastic.” “It’s overfishing, climate change, invasive species and habitat loss,” he said.

Overfishing also threatens ocean health. It occurs when more fish are caught than the population can replace through natural reproduction.

Herring populations have been threatened by overfishing and habitat loss.

The Arctic ecosystem is threatened by overfishing, which can disrupt the delicate balance of the food chain.