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We are taking too much life out of the ocean, both for our use as seafood, and as collateral damage.  An estimated seventy-two percent of the world’s fish populations are being depleted faster than they can reproduce.  But overfishing is only part of the problem. The global fishing fleet also destroys millions of tons of ocean life (including marine mammals and sea turtles) as unwanted catch, or bycatch, each year, not including the captures and discards that go unreported.  According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), between 65 and 100 percent of Europe's commercial fish species have been fished beyond safe limits. Some of the most important, including cod and hake, are on the verge of collapse.