EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Overfishing is when a species of fish is removed from a body of water (river, lake, stream, ocean, etc.) at a faster rate than the species can repopulate naturally. As a result, the fish species will become underpopulated in that area.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is overfishing? Overfishing is catching too many fish at once, so the breeding population becomes too depleted to recover. Overfishing often goes hand in hand with wasteful types of commercial fishing that haul in massive amounts of unwanted fish or other animals, which are then discarded.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overfishing depletes the population of adult fish and doesn’t leave enough fish to reproduce and replenish their dwindling numbers. This can be attributed to poor fisheries management, unsustainable fishing, economic needs, as well as illegal and unregulated fishing.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nearly 80% of the world’s fisheries that are already fully exploited, over-exploited, depleted, or in a state of collapse.

Detailed explanation-5: -Almost 90 percent of global marine fish stocks are now fully exploited or overfished, and wild capture fisheries struggle without sound regulatory frameworks and strong enforcement. The status of marine biodiversity is closely connected with ocean pollution and acidification.