A new study funded by the National Science Foundation and the University of California predicts we have only forty-two more years until the bulk of the world’s fish and seafood populations are largely wiped out. That’s from here to the year 2048.
The researchers, who called their findings uniformly disturbing, based their fish population study on data from nearly 50 marine locations under protection, as well as U.N. data.
The cause? Overfishing, for one, as well as climate change. But the study notes that oceans already have lost so many species that it’s hard for other species to thrive. Species loss disrupts food chains, which, in turn, disrupts the fragile balance of complex systems, both on land and in the water.
There is still time to reverse the trend, the researchers say, but only if quick action protects depleted fisheries more effectively and saves ocean habitats by creating new marine reserves.
its kinda sad not only for people who love seafood but the people who live on it.
I read this a few days ago and wanted to write about it. This is CATASTROPHIC.
@Sabeur: It is very sad from every point of view you look at it. The poor fish going extinct, the food dissapearing from tables, the people who make their living off of it, …etc.
@Samsoum: I totally agree. It pisses me off how mankind wrecks havoc and destruction to whatever he gets involved in, without thinking of the future. I can’t but think of humans as a bunch of selfish parasites sometimes.
@MMM. We really are parasites to the earth, think about all what we did.
This reminds me of a fiction of Tom Clancey (Rainbow 6) where a group of environmental extremists/terrorists decided to spread a deadly desease to kill all humans but a few fellow tree huggers and a lot of animals :)))
@Samsoum: I’ll try to check that book out, should be an interesting read. Thanks 🙂