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Overfishing

Overfishing. A Global issue. “More than 85 percent of the world's fisheries have been pushed to or beyond their biological limits” (“Overfishing” WWF). “The Pacific B luefin T una population has declined by 96.4% since we began fishing it decades ago” (Time Magazine).

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Overfishing

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  1. Overfishing A Global issue

  2. “More than 85 percent of the world's fisheries have been pushed to or beyond their biological limits” (“Overfishing” WWF)

  3. “The Pacific Bluefin Tuna population has declined by 96.4% since we began fishing it decades ago” (Time Magazine)

  4. Japan’s government has “exceeded its catch quota for southern Bluefin Tuna by nearly 25 percent last year, forcing it to tighten fishing rules” (Japan Admits)

  5. Reducing fish consumption is the only way to avoid losing it

  6. Works Cited • Clemmitt, Marcia. "Saving the Oceans." CQ Researcher 4 Nov. 2005: 933-56. Web. 13 May 2013. • Fishing Boat and Seagulls. 2010. Photograph. Flickr. 29 Nov. 2010. Web. 20 May 2013. • Flood, Sue. Pacific Bluefin Tuna. N.d. Photograph. Time Magazine. Web. 20 May 2013. • "Japan Admits to Overfishing Bluefin Tuna by 25 Percent." - Taipei Times. N.p., 3 Mar. 2006. Web. 14 May 2013. • Jones, Brandon. "Shifting Baselines? The Ecological Implications of Simultaneous Eutrophication and Overfishing | Research Project Database | NCER | ORD | US EPA." Shifting Baselines? The Ecological Implications of Simultaneous Eutrophication and Overfishing | Research Project Database | NCER | ORD | US EPA. EPA, n.d. Web. 13 May 2013. • Kua, Benson. Schooling. 2010. Photograph. Flickr. 3 Aug. 2010. Web. 20 May 2013. • Magilery, Tom. WWF. 207. Photograph. Flickr. 2 Sept. 2007. Web. 20 May 2013. • Marton, Renee. "commercial fishing." Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 13 May 2013. • McArthur, Ric. A Mess of Masts. N.d. Photograph. Flickr. 5 Apr. 2011. Web. 20 May 2013. • Negi, Anoop. Fishing Net Sunset DSC_0168 Copy. 2006. Photograph. Flickr. 9 Jan. 2006. Web. 20 May 2013.

  7. Works Cited (Continued) • "Overfishing." Issues & Controversies On File: n. pag. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services, 13 Aug. 2007. Web. 14 May 2013. <http://www.2facts.com/article/i0201230>. • "Overfishing." WWF. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2013. • "Rules in Place to Curb U.S. Overfishing." Msnbc.com. NBCNews, 28 Jan. 2009. Web. 14 May 2013. • Russell, Denise. Who Rules the Waves?: Piracy, Overfishing and Mining the Oceans. London: Pluto, 2010. EBSCOHost. Web. 14 May 2013. • Sale, Peter F. Our Dying Planet: An Ecologist's View of the Crisis We Face. Berkeley: University of California, 2011. EBSCOHost. 2011. Web. 13 May 2013. • Sanctu. Priceless. 2008. Photograph. Tokyo. Flickr. 20 May 2008. Web. 20 May 2013. • Stackpole, Mahalie. Dead Fish on the Beach. 2009. Photograph. Wikimedia. 23 Oct. 2009. Web. 22 May 2013. • Toony. Southern Bluefin Tuna Catches. 2008. Photograph. Wikimedia. 23 June 2008. Web. 23 May 2013. • Walsh, Bryan. "A Dark Cloud and a Silver Lining for the World’s Fisheries." Science Space A Dark Cloud and a Silver Lining for the Worlds Fisheries Comments. N.p., 2 Oct. 2012. Web. 14 May 2013. • Walker, Harris. Capital at Night. 2009. Photograph. Washington D.C. Flickr. 24 May 2009. Web. 20 May 2013. • Walsh, Bryan. "The Pacific Bluefin Tuna Is Going, Going…." Science Space The Pacific Bluefin Tuna Is Going Going Comments. N.p., 11 Jan. 2013. Web. 13 May 2013.

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