How The U.S. Went From Overfishing To Underfishing

The wildly diverse fishing industry may be the only food product that relies on the cycles of nature. In 2020, the global fishing industry reached an all-time record of production worth an estimated $406 billion, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The industry changed after the fish stock collapse in the 1990s, which was partially due to overfishing. In the U.S., an estimated 90% of fisheries are now sustainably managed. As of June 2020, 47 fish stocks have been rebuilt. Now, underfishing, which occurs when fish are harvested at a rate lower than would produce maximum sustainable yield, has become common in the U.S. America imports anywhere from 70% to 85% of its seafood, according to NOAA. In 2020, the national seafood trade deficit was $17 billion.
Some supply chains are murky. Many countries don’t have data on trends and stocks because they don’t have management systems in place, according to the FAO. The United States imported $2.4 billion worth of seafood from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in 2019, accounting for about 11% of total U.S. seafood imports, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission.
Watch the video above to learn more about the U.S. fishing industry, market forces at play, the difference between overfishing and overfished, the role of climate and crime in global supply chains of seafood and what solutions may be on the table.
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Why U.S. Seas Are Underfished

[@N0Xa880iUL]

No such thing as underfished. Sounds like corporate propaganda.

[@lainypumpkin]

those poor fish.. not enough of them are being eaten 😢

[@blackumbrella6199]

70% of earth is ocean so underfished is possible.

[@stanleywang7367]

@@blackumbrella6199 underfished implies that there are more predatory fish there than natural so fishing is required to balance the ecosystem? Not sure how that would occur.

[@user-rh6ru5oz2o]

Everything this channel puts out sounds like sponsored content honestly

[@yonallb]

@@stanleywang7367 It doesn't.

[@BOY_NAME_]

That's something I've never heard in my 20+ years "our family fishing business is doing good"

[@robertagren9360]

Meanwhile in the baltic sea.

[@nothuman3083]

@@robertagren9360 you can catch nothing or Russian subs, tanks, aircraft, and boats. Or some fish

[@user-lu1ex3be4w]

The word "underfishing" implies that it is a negative thing. In what world is nature thriving a bad thing? Is the next video going to talk about how the Amazon rainforest should actually be cut down faster?

[@archmad]

Bec we eat fish, and we need wood.

[@hmalik5232]

Nature isn’t thriving, global warming and overfishing are big problems. But we shouldn’t be encouraging more fishing or any deforestation.

[@nekopop8159]

How is it a bad thing? Unlike China that overfish and goes into other countries exclusive economic zone, the US doesn’t do that. Stop trying to make the US look bad just because the video is about the US.

[@MichaelMulin]

@@hmalik5232 nature is thriving. Don’t buy into the media BS.

[@mertcoskun7382]

@@MichaelMulin Tell that to those who suffer from the ever-thriving nature in developing and underdeveloped world, Mike's Aquatics.

[@ronkirk5099]

I bet Canada would have loved to have the opportunity to underfish before their cod fishery collapsed and still hasn't recovered even though they have had a TOTAL ban on fishing for decades now. Same goes for the sardine fishery that was once sustained many fishing communities on the California coast. It is a little too late to decide to underfish to save a fishery when fish stocks have collapsed. If collapsed fisheries have taught us anything it should be that the precautionary principle should dictate every decision we make about maximum sustainable yield.

[@user-fr4cv3zw3w]

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[@noah1322]

Commerical fishing has always been extraordinarily wasteful, even during preindustrial times. The only people that should be allowed to fish are subsistence fishermen and recreation anglers.

[@scopscorpion]

Man I didn't even spend 1 minute on the video before disliking it and hoping straight to the comment section to like this comment. Taking one niche area of a large and complex industry and applying it to the entire United States is extremely irresponsible; like saying "oh the weather is perfectly fine here in my city! Global warming is a hoax"

[@brinkee7674]

Over fishing for a particular fish is only part of the problem. For instance the striped bass pop on the east coast was decimated. Now they restricted fishing with bag and slot limits. One of the main things that helped though was the restriction on Omega 3 fishing boats. These boats catch the fish that stripers eat. If you ever came across one of the boats it would make you sick. You could follow the slick and trail of bycatch to the boats. Where there are menhaden, mackerel,herring, sardines and similar there are stripers and many times there were hundreds if not thousands of dead stripers every day from one boat. One day we saw over a dozen dead 40 plus lb class fish. These boats also had an effect on salmon, tuna and other fish that eat these fish. We pushed for years to restrict these boats and until we started filming it and posting videos did they finally restrict them. Most of the help came from local and national news, they were surprised this was happening right in their back yard

[@RajA-0202]

Let's keep it that way!

[@djl5634]

It can actually hurt the eco system. Just like deer need to be hunted to stop chronic wasting disease. We don't have anything like it in the south cause everyone hunts.

[@djl5634]

If u take away natural predators and build cities taking more ecosystems. Hunting or fishing becomes more vital. But iv never liked industrial fishing really. But can see why it's needed in some instances.

[@user-fr4cv3zw3w]

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[@N0Xa880iUL]

These people will consider anything less than species extinction as underfished. Absolutely disgusting.

[@LoLErMan13]

Yeeeeeeup.

[@saulgoodman2018]

@@LoLErMan13 People have to eat.

[@N0Xa880iUL]

@@saulgoodman2018 The title says the "seas are underfished". Not "people are underfed"

[@saulgoodman2018]

@@N0Xa880iUL Certain countries they are.

[@EvanRustMakes]

yup...

[@shaunmckenzie5509]

My God. The absolute disgusting greed of human kind will be our downfall. If a species isn't close to extinction, and we're not pillaging every inch of the seas, then it's 'underfished'

[@cieltheeditor7922]

Literally.

[@Eckh4rt]

And you are a contributor Shaun. You aren't above anyone else, so get off your pedestal.

[@ronblack7870]

it's not greed . it what all animals do . humans are part of nature and are animals like any other animal. our population will increase to the point that it contracts due to other factors like available food.

[@Ap_twsh]

yup

[@rock3tcatU233]

He said while snacking on a Cod salad.

[@siyuanthesuper1]

Underfished? I've been fishing for the last 7 years and I've catching smaller and fewer fish.... this year being the worst so far. I think we're way overfished

[@mickyskickreviews4826]

I agree. All the boats pulling nets aren’t LeaVing a crumb for people with a rod and reel

[@poppachoppa8956]

climate change is the issue being addressed here, veiled as over fishing so that republicans will listen FIRST and judge LATER.

[@mriphone1000]

I'd agree, I used to catch much bigger fish a decade ago. Now I'm catching fish that are smaller on average and definitely not as many.

[@keenanbrown960]

Did they say Chinook salmon were at healthy populations?!?! From epa- Declining Trend Salish Sea Chinook salmon populations are DOWN 60% since the Pacific Salmon Commission began tracking salmon abundance in 1984. Between 2000 and 2018, the total number of Chinook returning to the Salish Sea has shown a relatively stable trend. However, during this time period, we also see a modest increase in catch and a modest decrease in fish returning to spawn, particularly over the last few reporting years.

[@greghenner4978]

The EPA, NOAA and National Marine Fisheries will say anything to keep their funding coming in

[@user-fr4cv3zw3w]

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[@Pantsinabucket]

@@greghenner4978 is it more likely that the government are lying to you just so that they get more funding and we get… a better more sustainable environment? Or that corporations are funneling money into this news network to make well-disguised lobbying ads so they can overfish and make more money.

[@brinkee7674]

If you listened to the video they were talking about east coast stocks. Your stocks have been getting better due to the removal of dams that blocked the water ways where the fish have to travel to reproduce and due to hatcheries. Part of the problem is also the 'fish farms' that raise Atlantic Salmon in western waters, the pollution from this farms is astounding and hatchery fish don't reproduce

[@Libbidybibbidy]

Let’s overfish it and at the same time let’s try maxing out the population like we max out our credit cards to get through the economic collapse and inflation.

[@Ap_twsh]

who told you to max your credit card. shouldve got a job doing uber.

[@saynotop2w]

I don’t have any problems eating farmed fish any more.The regulations gotten stricter and there are a little lot more variety of new farms as well like aquaponics. Wild caught fishing is an incredibly difficult labor with often less than ethical working conditions.

[@calebmurphy7343]

Great, so we protect our waters to some degree, just buy way more fish from countries who have less oversight and just reduce their stocks. Well, I suppose we do the same with oil, so it all make sense 🤷‍♂️

[@danielkrall6501]

We do the same thing with everything. OSHA, EPA and unions making your manufacturing company overhead more expensive? Don't worry, we can ship all that overseas. What about customer service? Plenty of folks in Inda are willing to take your complaints for pennies on the dollar. We outsource everything, including the destruction of the planet.

[@id10t98]

The destruction and over-fishing of the high seas by fishing fleets is a crime against humanity in reality. There's no reason to have nets that are miles long and scoop up everything in their path.

[@TJW68]

Like every other problem on this planet, it comes back to too many humans consuming too few resources.

[@ronblack7870]

no it's just natural. humans are part of nature . animal populations grow until resources are limited .

[@woaken]

There was absolutely never any overfishing. Just like 30+ years ago the whole scare was “there’s an ICE AGE coming” and now it’s “Global Warming, the ice is melting!” It’s all fear tactics. All they wanted was to monopolize the fishing industry, now you have to pay for you right to catch fish. It’s insanity.

[@nurkleblurker2482]

"there's over fishing and it's like this, then there's over fishing and it's like this" what?

[@bigvision8826]

I reported this for misinformation. The waters aren't underfished look at the salmon populations in almost every river . Can someone get this off YT thanks

[@iliketheodds2575]

Small fishermen might disagree.

[@MrCodyppp]

I still dont catch anything

[@darinherrick9224]

If the U.S. is so sustainable then where are all the sardines in Monterey? Where are all the Salmon in Oregon???

[@pahanin2480]

If there’s fish in the ocean, then someone isn’t fishing hard enough

[@LoLErMan13]

I thought all fishing everywhere was overfishing, I know florida has a bunch of fishing laws....

[@LoLErMan13]

Well. damnit Bobby who needs some sense slapped into them .

[@Flipflop437]

I thought so too. Glad to hear that’s not the case.

[@RushingRussianify]

Right, as a recreational fisherman my whole life I can attest to the harm modern fishing methods have caused to local fish populations. Gov needs to rip off the bandaid and cut commercial fisheries off for 10 years to allow natural balance to re-establish and for scientists to properly gage what amounts can be caught “sustainably”.

[@estebanjuarez755]

UNDERfished????? huuhhh

[@albertalakeland]

In my estimation, their waters are not underfished, the US targets migratory fish, particularly salmon, that spawn in Canada.

[@waterisformless]

also the US does overfish.... In Canada. Ask fishermen in Atlantic Canada about how US and Russian trawlers basically depleted the entire cod fishery there

[@mickyskickreviews4826]

The us don’t target saLmon

[@leviahimsa]

Humans natural diet doesn't exist in the middle of the ocean. We messed up the entire ecosystem. Save 200+ lives every year 💖 choose vegan ✌️

[@vyros.3234]

The US has a mix of fish. The fish in the south are extremely underfished. Flounder, red snapper , mackerel. It's on the edge of overfishing and underfished in the North though.

[@charlesyoung2197]

Are you kidding?America has many rivers were Salmon spawn as well.

[@dividebyzero1000]

Holy crap. I always thought of New Bedford as this rundown old has-been town. Used to work by the waterfront in one of the former counting houses from back in the whaling days. Never knew it was biggest in US in term of fishing value.

[@mudPuddlePanda]

Waiting for next CNBC video on why US seas is overfished … make up your mind

[@artawhirler]

This is some good news for a change!

[@el_chavez]

I thought we were running out of cod in US waters? This is like when the oil companies complain that more drilling will fix our energy problems.

[@TheBooban]

10:03 yeah, cod were fished to extinction in the N. Atlantic and never came back way before 2015.

[@kevinperry581]

The only energy problem we have is the dufus in the White House.

[@id10t98]

@@kevinperry581 So how are those RepubliQan passed Trump Tariffs working out for you?

[@Pantsinabucket]

@@kevinperry581 explain how? He’s granted drilling licenses that Trump wouldn’t, we’re producing more oil than ever. The only difference is one pipeline not being built, which was a completely unnecessary one that would bring absurdly expensive to refine shale oil to us. There’s a reason fracking is nowhere near as big as it was in the early 2010s, it costs ~$120/barrel to refine shale oil, so prices must remain high to make it a viable source, otherwise the taxpayer is footing the bill in subsidies. This is the same reason Venezuela’s economy collapsed in 2015 and onwards as oil prices lowered, while the Gulf states both in the Middle East and US were perfectly capable of chugging along.

[@One_Cebu]

There’s no more fish in China due to overfishing. Now they’re bringing this gigantic fishing boat to fish outside China’s territories

[@extracrispy420]

True, on the coast of most places you travel to in Africa you can often see a few trawlers on the horizon during the day, then a few more at night and early in the morning.

[@PhilipX2030]

Yes, China should have been practicing careful fishing maintenance 30 years ago

[@atlanticocean8184]

Absolutely awful what human greed and no conscience for the limits of marine life.

[@dieselboy610]

I would like to apologize for hurting the Atlantic Ocean. Forgive me mother ocean!

[@life42theuniverse]

Underfishing : not fishing enough to meet demand. Sustainable fishing: limits of fishing to sustain supply.

[@bundleofperceptions1397]

“Stocks are called overfished if they're at low abundance, but stocks are often at low abundance, not because they're fished too hard, but because the environment has changed.” That is a nonsensical statement. If the environment causes a lower abundance, but fishing fails to decline accordingly, then the stocks are being overfished. If this guy is unable to understand the fact that the two cannot be separated, then everything else he says is suspect.

[@poppachoppa8956]

I agree that sounds incredibloy dimwitted, but the point is not actually "overfishing" or under..... this video is here to address climate change in a way that the far right can digest.

[@dieselboy610]

So what? Who cares?

[@rafwhy9888]

the supermarkets throw soo much unsold seafood all in the name of keeping the seafood sections esthetically pleasing i rarely see anyone buy fish ever

[@poppachoppa8956]

@@rafwhy9888 yes but that is because people in America will not buy imperfect food. If they want to keep selling food, it has to be a day or two old, running out of food to sell is lost revenue, so they order heavy, what is not sold then has to be tossed because like I said people will not buy it.

[@rafwhy9888]

@@poppachoppa8956 what you say is absolutely correct but people Americans rarely buy fish to cook at home and why do we need such a variety of seafood if I see someone buying fish its always salmon

[@GoingtoHecq]

Underfishing? Now that's a good idea.

[@johnnynephrite6147]

Don't let fisherman tears fool you. It only takes one good season to make a fortune. And I mean $millions in profit from a single independent boat.

[@davidwells2515]

Caught red snapper this year, it was so good.

[@brinkee7674]

My ex girl friend had one and it was great

[@che887]

Crab population says WHAT

[@cieltheeditor7922]

“Underfished” my ASS LMAOOOO YEAH RIGHT. 😂😂IN WHAT UNIVERSE? 🙄🤡🤡 I’ve been fishing for 20 years in California up and down the coast to Oregon and so forth that’s BS. In fact we need MORE PRESERVATION PRACTICES AND REGULATIONS LOL WHAT IS WITH THAT TITLE?!!

[@triplediff]

Better safe than sorry

[@kevinjohnson2709]

Wow. I wonder which corporate fishing lobby group paid them to run this burning pile of garbage.

[@rubix______1842]

A good company to watch is AquaBounty Technologies, they use genetic technology to raise fish on land and have them grow faster for less cost. They were on PBS the other day

[@confusedowl297]

"Underfishing" is not a thing

[@robertagren9360]

The fish been around longer than mankind.

[@ParthSarthiem]

This video is completely a joke itself.

[@gregparrott]

Claiming the U.S. fishing market is at an all time high is misleading. While that is true in terms of dollar revenue, it is NOT true in terms of fish populations, and fish density. Records have been kept since the 1800's which measure the tonnage of fish caught based on the size (area of a net) and the miles of ocean swept with it. This yields tonnage to volume of ocean swept with a net. THAT metric is more relevant than dollars, and THAT metric has drastically declined. Stating "The U.S. Seas are Underfished" is a very dubious claim

[@willcookmakeup]

As a CT native I can confirm that we will literally travel to MA specifically for their scallops. Truly unrivaled

[@joeanderson8839]

There is no such thing as under fished.

[@Rorex99]

"4 Billion people all with a right to eat" this is the problem. The Environment cannot scale to absorb our ever growing population. We as a species need to learn to live within the constraints of our Environment. No amount of wishing will mean that everyone who has the "right" to eat, can eat, on our current course.

[@oneshothunter9877]

4 billion? Aren't we 8 billion? Or is there something I misunderstand?

[@brianferguson7840]

Jeeze ! Even the wholesale price of scallops in the USA is double the retail price here in France !🤨 Wanna buy some scallops ?🤔🤔

[@CTOInformation]

yeah, basically the US fishery company said: buy from us even though it is more expensive but our fish is white.

[@jimbooneway1808]

Are these people nuts. I fish for fun and the ocean is dead… there is no life. Thanks for commercial fishing and pollution you can ride out for hours and not find any fish…. The crazy obsession for omega fish supplements have made it worse.

[@richardthomas4112]

What on earth is "under fishing"? Pretty soon the term "under polluting" will be created. There are some invasive species that destroy local environment, that unfortunately nobody wants to eat. I can accept that these are under fished.

[@jasoncravens1124]

Underfished? That's not a term. That's an odd disturbing viewpoint. 🤔

[@PhilipX2030]

China should have been practicing careful fishing maintenance 30 years ago. Chinese trawlers are everywhere including scooping up fish all around the Galapagos islands

[@yeon723]

they have a bigger population, duh

[@alans5799]

and leave behind the nets accounting for 40% of ocean plastic pollution!

[@PhilipX2030]

@@yeon723 they do have a massive population 4x’s that as the US, which is why Sustainable fishing practices are essential. Wouldn’t want to start a war over Fish.. but sharing the South China Sea is a multinational point of contention.. 7 different countries, & China especially had dealt with a serious famine in the 1950’s… closest thing the US had was a dust bowl in Oklahoma.. Large populations must manage resources carefully and integrate with neighboring countries diplomatically

[@anthonymorales842]

Oh I don't know if I agree with the premise of this expose. Am I to believe that the issue of rate of harvest has been solved. having worked for National Marine Fisheries Service a degree in fisheries aquaculture URII. Several questions come to mind. Such as the overall trophic profile of our oceans biological community When investigating the northeast coastline as the metric for oceanic health (its all inextricably linked) it sure doesn't look and behave like it used to.

[@davidgolf3245]

Randoms thoughts from Australia: There's something fishy going on here. Thanks I am here all week.

[@snakemadness1439]

Wow I'm sure her Grandfather is very proud of the Awesome work shes doing.

[@leahvogel5527]

I caught your sarcasm 😉

[@EdwinaTS]

The under populated America is under fishing their own fishing ground. That's fine. The over populated Asia countries are over fishing, which is why their aquaculture industry is so huge. Aquaculture output in tonnes (not us$) has exceeded wild catches significantly in the past few years. The US has very little aquaculture industry despite having their great lakes.

[@zacharykeller7243]

are sea bears the secret ingredient in krabby patties?

[@roofpizza1250]

'Cause the fish have guns?

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Under...fished? Considering people used to dip a net in the water and catch 47 fish a minute... I tend to doubt this claim.

[@paulblichmann2791]

Fish was a great way to feed people, when there were far far far fewer people. It doesn't really work that way anymore.

[@youtubeaccount7561]

Leave them under fished , god knows we have pillaged enough

[@bidav2114]

I only came here because of the caption. WTH is "underfished"? Fish populations all over the have declined drastically. Even sharks that we do not eat(at least where I'm from) are still seeing decline in population. Sturgeon, salmon, cod, tuna, etc, all have faced great decline.

[@BOMBON187]

Ironic fishermen are making themselves extinct and as a bonus every restaurant that depends of fish will also go out of business.

[@jholm7607]

The oceans have been overfished since the 70's

[@colleenerin]

Maybe start looking at "mukbangers" on youtube. There's a difference between enjoying a meal and gluttony many mukbangers are taking things to the extreme for views. It's alarming and concerning.

[@Mj-kb6ig]

I think "underfishing" isn't a real term. If Humans didn't eat so much of it, the populations of fish would even out. Rather not overfish and take what we need.

[@anthonyrespass3090]

Fishing in my neighborhood all the East Coast it's pathetic we are overfished over regulated and over polluted thank you good night

[@DuNguyen-my4rq]

diesel is simply too high and it is very hard to have good hands , made living by the sea is very tough plus regulations are toughest in the world fines are as heavy as mountain,

[@crand20033]

Tried to get some king crab at the grocery store, the manager said it was so expensive they don't even try to sell it anymore. What is this world coming to when they or we can't even get good food anymore?

[@id10t98]

Where do you live? If you dont live near a king crab fishery, it's likely cost prohibitive to fly and truck it to you.

[@crand20033]

@@id10t98 I used to get a small $10 dollar box of it at the NJ shore. Don't know how many pounds is was. But I can't find it at the store anymore here in NC. I miss those days.

[@timothygooding9544]

maryland blue crab is now basically lobster considering the price

[@adeotiafeez1116]

Nigeria does not know whether it's overfishing or underfishing

[@justinwahip]

given snow crab season is cancelled USA needs to work on farms and make sure it can get products

[@jumbomuffin1316]

Yes

[@Roadrage62]

What is underfish?

[@abelardogreen]

I'll never eat mermaid again

[@ryanreeves70]

Long as there is a demand and willing to pay there will be someone that supplies that demand, especially if highly profitable. Drugs are a great example.

[@op_s_lead]

We’re also at risk for under-logging

[@SaltySparrow]

Sponsored by the seafood industry.

[@arun279]

better than being overfished, or destroying seabeds to make it easier.

[@jamesdeininger3759]

Stop watching at 11:08 if you don’t want to cry 😢

[@drewdorkhead]

Oh underfishing? Tell that to the king and snow crabs

[@crepeitup]

AquaBounty stocks!!!

[@damianmoore3308]

Chesapeake bay isn’t underfished after the big fishing ships wiped out almost all of the fish

[@janosik150]

Yes, with in 20 years, the ocean life will be destroyed beyond repair.

[@jaredhelms9724]

This is horrifying...

[@mariacheebandidos7183]

how does a seemingly positive title turn into a negative report. there should be a law for journalist, reporters; that for every story or subject that they focus on the negative and over dramatize, the bad, they file the same report and only focus on the good.

[@elected0nes741]

I wish there was a law against lying and a way to ensure that it couldn't be abused by corrupt people who have *ZERO* morals(❝𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕-𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔❞ ❝𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉❞)!!!

[@cruzada07]

Answer is Yes

[@ashutoshshahi9321]

7:05 damn, this woman has auto tune in her throat itself!

[@Josh-99]

You don't need fish if you shift to a plant-based diet. It's a lie that land-based food production would need to increase without fish. In fact, you could feed the whole world with LESS food production if you eliminated animal food products altogether. I'm not going to say that the whole world needs to go vegan tomorrow, but we need to have our facts straight about this.

[@ericlakota1847]

Amaricans learn you need to regulate fisheries the fisher men have more respect to fish regs than any one same as uk because they know how important regulations are and are seing the benefits glory to amarica

[@auro1986]

how? by overfishing in water bodies of other countries

[@yellowcard7139]

So not consuming enough is a bad thing? Excellent reporting.... (Borate, "NOOOT")

[@jeffarcher400]

There's an interesting article about fertilizing the ocean with iron ore. Seems it can jumpstart the food chain from the bottom up. An experiment dumped iron ore dust into the deep ocean and saw a huge increase in fish the following year. Imagine if ships crossing the oceans had bags of ore slowly pouring out as they cross back and forth. Nutrient flow from rivers has drastically slowed as dams,cities and farms use much of the once mighty rivers of the world. Much iron ore comes from Australia and goes to China. Replenishing the ocean just on that route could help all the countries in the area. Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand,Japan, Korea, Cambodia and even Micronesia and Polynesian islands all could benefit. On the flip side real serious thought should be given to harvesting krill,small fish and even squid. Large commercial factory boats can deplete the base of the food pyramid and affect everything down the line. Much of it is ground up for plant fertilizer and pet food. If you want to eat yummy bigger fish you gotta leave the bait fish alone.

[@nickolaibuck9301]

I’d like to see them try that in the Great Lakes, as lake huron had an ecosystem collapse about 20 years ago caused by filter feeding zebra mussels destroying the base of the food chain causing small shrimp and invertebrates then baitfish then large predator fish populations to all collapse

[@jeffarcher400]

@@nickolaibuck9301 Gotta deal with those pesky zebra mussels. Start a rumor that they're good for virility like oysters. They'll be wiped out in no time. Seriously I wonder if a man made red tide could stop them. Just add fertilizer. Do it during the spawning cycle. Keep changing the water height to mess with them. Draw it down for a year so they're high and dry then flood it so they're too deep.

[@nickolaibuck9301]

@@jeffarcher400 can’t really draw down the water level in Great Lakes and they go to the deepest parts in the lake

[@jeffarcher400]

@@kanding3369 Iron ore replicates the sediments that used to flow into the oceans from countless rivers. The sediments in these rivers are now blocked by dams,diversions,pipelines and harbors,marinas and breakwalls. Less water is flowing because we use it all up. The little that flows doesn't have the velocity to carry larger particles or carry any far out to sea. This is good science and started when divers noticed more diverse life growing on steel shipwrecks compared to wood and fibreglass wrecks. Fertilizing does sound bad because of land based chemical fertilizer and algae blooms. Consider it organic fertilizer... nutrition. The life associated with the iron is different. It's beneficial, restorative and likely will eat the red tide bad plankton in the process. For over fifty years I have dived,surfed,boated,slept and fished out of the ocean. Imagine if we only had the wheat,corn,rice and veggies that grew naturally without and fertilizer, without planting seeds even. Just taking. That's how we treat fish and the ocean.

[@jeffarcher400]

@@kanding3369 You are full of hate and it blinds you. I never said just do this. I said it's interesting and it is. Every large river has been affected by humans. Look at China and Germany right now. I don't know your experience but you leap to conclusions and expose yourself by ranting. I don't lack basic knowledge in fact I have multiple degrees in science with a background in marine biology along with captaining my own boat for half a century. I'm not responding to you anymore because your mind is closed.

[@widodoakrom3938]

Really?

[@teaenjoyer1676]

Let me guess... electric boats are better than diesel boats?

[@mriphone1000]

Underfishing? I've been fishing for about 20 years and the fish now are much smaller on avgerage and I definitely don't catch as many. Sounds like propaganda.

[@phil20_20]

Not enough chinese militia to go around?

[@nathanwaynegates]

There is no such thing as “under fishing” a fishery in the modern day there should be little or no commercial fishing and the fishing that exists needs to be HEAVILY regulated by the proper and responsible party’s

[@seanrhone5306]

Is under fishing a bad thing? Sounds like it would lead to having more fish next year.

[@JETZcorp]

I also would have liked a better clarification on that. But best I can tell, underfishing will lead to more fish next year, but not by enough to overcome the shortage now. Imagine a graph showing the amount of fish caught over the long-term. If you catch no fish ever it'll be zero, if you catch every last fish it will also go to zero, and in between the graph will make something of a rainbow shape. Overfishing and underfishing just describe which side of the peak you're on. Technically unless you nail it down to the kilo then you're somewhere slightly on one side or the other. But no one can measure this stuff very well so it's not that tight in practice. It's definitely better to be on the under side though, since you still get the same amount of fish (long term) as being over, but the excess goes to feed the rest of the ecosystem like sharks.

[@BA51M]

can you make 1 single video without talking about global warming?

[@raajajagan]

It became expensive to fish in USA canada so they import cheaply from Japan China India

[@thebeautifulanimal]

What the fluff is underfishing? 😑