![]() Yet, far across the continent the Alaskan Pacific fisheries have succeeded in regulating the amount of bottom fish and, to some extent, salmon and crab taken from the water. Fish stocks disappeared and along with them the livelihood of fishing families, some of whom had been in the business for generations. In the waters off New England, we see a marked failure to regulate bottom-fish catches. Two American fishing regions highlight the pitfalls and possibilities of a sustainable fishing industry. ![]() ![]() There have been many efforts globally to address the over-fishing crisis, some more successful than others. Despite a growing awareness of the problem and efforts to address it by government officials and fishers alike, fish stocks around the globe have collapsed, most dramatically during the 1980s and 1990s.Īs a result, Americans and other people around the world have watched as some of their favorite types of fish disappear from their dinner tables-North Atlantic cod, swordfish, and blue-fin tuna, to name a few-to be replaced by others, such as wild Alaskan salmon, pollock, Pacific cod, and sablefish. Numerous scientific reports have thoroughly documented the extent of over-fishing. From the northernmost reaches of the Greenland Sea to the swirl of the Antarctic Circle, we are gutting our seas of fish. In the spring of 2007, the author of an introduction to three essays in National Geographic warned, "The oceans are in deep blue trouble. ![]()
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