Despite the fact that there are many fishermen that follow the laws of fishing, there are still many that use harmful techniques and fish illegally. Many times, fishermen use unsafe techniques such as cyanide fishing in order to enable themselves to catch more fish with less effort. Not only are these methods unhealthy for the fish, but they make it easier for fishermen to overfish. When fishermen break fishing laws, there is typically a lack of repercussions and consequently, they continue on with their illegal ways. In order to help combat this problem, there needs to be an increase in marine reserves and fish farming. From the film The End of the Line, Charles Clover explains, “You’re allowed to fish in 99% of the oceans” (Murray). Marine …show more content…
Currently, with the factors of poor international fishing quotas, harmful fishing techniques, and consumers ceasing to acknowledge the problem at hand, overfishing continues to threaten the future of the world’s oceans. In order to save the fish, the ocean’s, and even future jobs in fishing changes both big and small need to be made. Small adjustments such as eating different types of fish and buying fish only from brands that are sustainable can make a big difference in shifting the fishing market to other species of fish. Larger, more impactful changes such as stronger international quotas, more marine reserves, healthier fish farms, and stricter fishing laws are all modifications that will take time and money, however, these revisions can significantly improve the future of the fishing industry. With all of the statistics and data presented on the problem of overfishing, one final piece of data has stated, “According to a 2015 report released by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, climate change and overfishing together have resulted in the loss of half of the ocean's fishes since 1970” (“Overfishing”). We have lost so much already, how much more of the world’s oceans are we willing to sacrifice until it is too