Foreword
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, and for many years the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management…
