Jonny Hughes, Blue Marine’s Fisheries Policy Lead, explains how the mackerel population has been in a major decline for 10 years, dropping by more than 10 million tons due to aggressive overfishing. Norway, Denmark, Iceland, the UK, the EU and Russia are fighting over what’s left, despite warnings from scientists that the current catch rates will lead to the complete collapse of the fishery.
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Photo credit: Naja Bertolt Jensen / Ocean Image Bank
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