Worthless waters
By midcentury, seas' value may be drained
By Ben Harder
The biological riches of the oceans will be spent within decades if current trends continue. A global analysis of marine ecology predicts that wild seafood will effectively disappear by midcentury.
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“People have fished for as long as we’ve dwelled on the planet,” says study leader Boris Worm. “Within our lifetime, it’s going to be over.”