Argument Outline and Bibliography

Poor fishery management is leading to the overuse of our oceans and will lead to the collapse of the fishing industry, seafood, and fish stocks around the world.

1. Overfishing
- Many different fish are being taken out of our oceans at too high a rate to sustain
- Currently the fishing fleet on our oceans is three times that of which it can actually provide for
- The taking out of fish that are not normally being used for food
- 90 percent of predator fish are gone
- Jellyfish populations are rising
- Bycatching is occuring- Fish that are too small to eat are being caught in the nets used for larger fish and are still taken out of the ocean and used for fertilizer, other pet food, and even to be fed to fish farmed fish

2. Pollution and Poor fishing techniques
- There is an abundance of lost fishing equipment at sea, inlcuding nets that still roam the waters and can still catch fish and kill them once they are trapped
- Ghost Fishing
- Fishing using dynamite
- Fishing using cyanide and deadly chemicals that killing ocean life and coral reefs
- Fish farms that are producing more pollution and waste products than fish
- Pirate fishing unregulated by laws

3. Depletion of fish stocks
- Bluefin tuna is depleting so much that they are worth up to $100,000 a fish
- Cod almost completly gone
- Scientists saying that complete fish stocks in the ocean will be gone by 2048

4. Fish Farming Problems
- Pollution and waste entering the ocean around the fish farm
- Chemicals used on the fish

Bibliography

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