50 years ago, humans could pick the oceans clean
Excerpt from the August 6, 1966, issue of Science News
ALL YOU CAN'T EAT BUFFET Scientists warned 50 years ago that people could eat the oceans bare. Even with fishing limits, some food species such as pufferfish, remain in danger of overfishing.
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Seafood is exhaustible — Man is capable of using up the resources of the ocean … and if he is going to exploit them intelligently, he has a lot to learn….