Nonprofit, public-interest journalism, 2000–2010

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Net Loss

The fishing industry brought in a record $71.5 billion last year, most of it from fisheries that lack ecological oversight. Now, a new report finds that 25 percent of ocean fisheries are virtually depleted, and 52 percent “fully exploited.”

Illustration: Halibut from George’s Bank, 1882 (NOAA Photo Library)