Congressional Digest

Excerpt

(Excerpted from Congressional Digest, January 2007)
For centuries, it was assumed that the seas held a limitless
bounty. Yet today, the populations of most marine fish species
are at an all-time low. An international study published
recently in the journal Science warned that nearly one-third
of open sea fisheries are in a state of collapse, and that ocean
life and seafood could be depleted by as early as 2048.
Though bleak, the study said that such techniques as marine
reserves and no-fishing zones could help reverse these
alarming trends.
The United States has the most territorial ocean waters of
any nation, an…