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Where fish stocks are most overexploited

This chart shows fishing areas with the highest proportion of stocks fished at an unsustainable level worldwide in 2021.
CBS News

Climate change and overfishing are increasing toxic mercury levels in fish, study says

Mercury levels in the seafood supply are on the rise, and climate change and overfishing are partially to blame, according to a new study. Scientists said mercury levels in the oceans have fallen ...
Science Daily

Overfishing and other human pressures are severely harming many marine protected areas around the world, study finds

A new study points to a strong 'edge effect' in marine protected areas (MPAs), sharply reducing by 60 percent the fish population living up to 1 - 1.5 km within the MPA. This significantly diminishes ...
The Conversation

Climate change and overfishing are boosting toxic mercury levels in fish

We live in an era — the Anthropocene — where humans and societies are reshaping and changing ecosystems. Pollution, human-made climate change and overfishing have all altered marine life and ocean ...