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FAO considers 1/4 of world marine fish stocks to be overexploited, thus unsustainable


"Unfortunately, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) considers about one-quarter of assessed world marine fish stocks to be overexploited, meaning that these stocks are being fished at a level that is not sustainable in the long run."

R. Quentin Grafton, Tom Kompas, "Fisheries Forever," Solutions (2013): 47.

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