Overfishing

SCI 275- Environmental Science

Everyone needs to stop and take a look at the ocean every once in a while. The view is almost always breath taking. Think about how much fish the human race consumes. What would people do if there was not anymore fish to eat? Would people pay an outrageous amount of money for fish when the price of fish becomes out of hand? What would the countries that depend on fish as their main source of protein do without fish? What would happen to all the other animals that depend on fish for food when the supply is gone? These are just some of the questions people need to think about the next time they sit down to enjoy a fish dinner. This issue is a water resource problem called overfishing.

Overfishing has become a problem for many years. Overfishing...