- (A) Today, 3 million fishing boats operate and are greatly depleting the
supply of fish and other aquatic life-forms. Over the past 40 years, fishing
quotas have more than tripled. In 1950, 20 million tons of fish and marine
products were harvested. By 1990, this amount had increased to 100 million
tons per year. The depletion of fish stocks has led to overfishing in all
oceans and other bodies of water. Past catches were generally higher than
those of today due to overfishing. Therefore, to base today’s harvest limits
on harvest numbers that were probably higher in the past would only
accelerate the depletion of current fishing stocks.
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