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It’s no secret that the oceans are being emptied of their wildlife. The seafood industry continues to reach new lows in terms of sustainability and environmentalism. But don’t pin the blame on the fishermen—the responsibility lies heavily in the hands of the consumers.

A scientific paper published in Science in November 2006 forecast oceanic apocalypse in the year 2048: a complete collapse of commercially-fished (and therefore human-consumed) wildlife. The same article found that a full third of all global fishing stocks are already depleted to a point of 10 percent of their “maximum observed abundance.”

Demand for extravagant delicacies like shark fin soup has depleted the populations of most of the planet’s oceanic megafauna—tiger sharks, blacktip sharks, and hammerheads, for example, have seen their numbers plummet by over 90 percent since 1972.

You can find the entire article here http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/daily-g...-seafood-smart