1. Increased fishermen's catches due to better technology and more fishermen have led to overfishing, which is significantly reducing fish populations worldwide. We know that 31.7 percent of global fish stocks and 30.6 percent of known fish populations are overfished or already overexploited.2. Ocean fisheries increased their global catches of wild fish by 500 percent between the 1950s and 1997. In 2000, fisheries reached their greatest amount of fish caught, peaking at 96 million tonnes. Fishing did not decline between 2000 and 2006 because of outdated technology and the choice to fish less, but rather because the fish population was depleted due to overfishing. Fisheries have become so productive with new technologies that the fish population cannot reproduce quickly enough to meet our needs. Industrialized fishing moves at a rapid pace and can typically deplete a large fish population by 80 percent in 15 years. Recent years that have contributed to overfishing have left about 10 percent of large fish and bottom fish in the ocean. The National Marine Fisheries Service estimates that if we stopped subsidizing fishermen, their boats and their equipment, we could generate $8 billion in revenue. With better management of fish stocks in the United States, 300,000 jobs could be created.3. Overfishing in the oceans is often done selectively. The issue of supply versus demand in ocean populations is rapidly dwindling, and when supply is low, people are willing to pay more for specialty fish. Except in this case, “specialized” often means endangered. The rarer a fish is, the higher its selling price. Instead of conserving an endangered species, fisheries drive...... middle of paper... Fornia, Oregon and Washington combined over the past 20 years. Tilapia is another eco-friendly source of fish. The tilapia I consume is raised in tank systems in Canada. Tilapia is produced in over 100 countries and is the most farmed fish. Raised inland, tilapia has very little negative impact on the environment. Tilapia relies on fish meal and oil for food, but most U.S. tilapia farms use crop-derived ingredients to minimize effects on other fish.12. The “Super Green List” is a catalog produced by the Monterey Bay Aquarium to help people know which seafood is conscientiously caught and farmed. The list contains choices that contain low levels of mercury and healthy omega-3 fatty acids. If I had to choose from the “best of the best” list, I would choose wild-caught Alaskan salmon because I know it is environmentally friendly..