Reply #6: This is a problem of affluence

[AngryAmish]

The first thing you want when you have any wealth is some protein in your diet then a TV. The world poverty rate is declining as population goes up so more need for protein from the sea.

Americans eat a lot of fish and seafood but other peoples on earth eat a lot more. I think the only way out of this is tissue cultures (if they can find a way to get the proper ratio of fat to muscle).

Or soylent green.

There are very good metrics on the deteriorating fish stock - for example fish size is reducing. I think many things in the environmental movement is nonsense but this is not one of them.