Overfishing is a global problem because 52% of the world's fisheries are fully exploited and in danger of extinction. About 80% of the world's fisheries are fully to over-exploited, depleted, or in a state of collapse. We are losing species as well as entire ecosystems. As a result the ecological unity of our oceans are under stress and at risk of collapse. We are at risk of losing a valuable source of food many depend upon for social, economical, or dietary reasons. For example in Newfoundland Cod fish was a very predominant source of food for the people. In 1992 the cod never appeared; overfishing caused the disaster of the cod industry. The fish can't recover and reproduce as fast as we are fishing them. Overfishing is a global problem because sources of food and ecosystems are being destroyed.
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