Folks at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program are citing a newly published study in the journal Science to warn that if trends continue at the present rate the world's wild-caught seafood fisheries would collapse by the year 2050.
The alert comes in response to the publication of a paper by an international group of ecologists and economists who forecast dire consequences if current commercial fishing patterns continue.
"Much of the seafood on the market today is caught or farmed in ways that are not sustainable in the long term. The only way we can keep seafood in our diet is by making choices that preserve the abundance of wild fish populations, protect the habitats that support productive fishing grounds and encourage environmentally responsible fish farming."
"We still have time to forestall the demise of wild-caught seafood," says Michael Sutton, vice president and director for the Center for the Future of the Oceans at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.. "But only if we all make better choices and give preference to seafood caught in a manner that doesn't destroy the marine ecosystems on which healthy oceans depend."
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