BRAINCAKESustainable Fishing
Fish are a renewable resource, but overfishing (catching fish faster than the population can reproduce) has caused many fish stocks to collapse. A well-known example is the cod of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland, whose fishery collapsed in the early 1990s; North Sea cod stocks also fell sharply.
Overfishing removes breeding adults and young fish before they can reproduce, disrupts food webs, and bycatch kills non-target species such as dolphins, turtles and seabirds.
Methods used to make fishing sustainable include:
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