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STOPPING OVERFISHING AND PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES  

The Campaign to Stop Overfishing

We rely on fish for food and jobs, yet half of our fisheries around the world are overfished, and another 40% are fished to maximum levels. We know that when fisheries are properly managed, the fish come back. But how can we stop overfishing? Oceana is campaigning for solutions to overfishing with science-based policies in countries that control one-quarter of the world’s wild fish catch.

In the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Chile, the number of fisheries with management plans has increased by 67% since 2000, and the number of fisheries with catch limits has increased by 77%. Thanks to campaigning by Oceana and our allies to stop overfishing, important commercial fish species including Chilean jack mackerel, European hake, and Acadian redfish have rebounded.

Oceana is continuing to work around the world to mitigate the effects of overfishing and increase the number of fisheries with management plans and catch limits in order to rebuild ocean abundance.

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