Editing Seafood (section)

==Sustainability==
{{See also|Overfishing|Sustainable seafood|Sustainable seafood advisory lists and certification}}

Research into population trends of various species of seafood is pointing to a global collapse of seafood species by 2048. Such a collapse would occur due to pollution and [[overfishing]], threatening oceanic ecosystems, according to some researchers.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/11/03/world_seafood_supply_could_run_out_by_2048_researchers_warn/ World Seafood Supply Could Run Out by 2048 Researchers Warn] boston.com. Retrieved 6 February 2007</ref>

A major international scientific study released in November 2006 in the journal ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' found that about one-third of all fishing stocks worldwide have collapsed (with a collapse being defined as a decline to less than 10% of their maximum observed abundance), and that if current trends continue all fish stocks worldwide will collapse within fifty years.<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6108414.stm 'Only 50 years left' for sea fish]", BBC News. 2 November 2006.</ref> In July 2009, [[Boris Worm]] of [[Dalhousie University]], the author of the November 2006 study in ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'', co-authored an update on the state of the world's fisheries with one of the original study's critics, [[Ray Hilborn]] of the [[University of Washington]] at Seattle. The new study found that through good fisheries management techniques even depleted fish stocks can be revived and made commercially viable again.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/science/earth/31fish.html Study Finds Hope in Saving Saltwater Fish] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 4 August 2009</ref> An analysis published in August 2020 indicates that seafood could theoretically increase sustainably by 36–74% by 2050 compared to current yields and that whether or not these production potentials are realised [[Sustainable food system|sustainably]] [https://hygienicmachineryparts.com/ depends] on several factors "such as policy reforms, technological innovation, and the extent of future shifts in demand".<ref>{{cite news |title=Food from the sea: Sustainably managed fisheries and the future |url=https://phys.org/news/2020-08-food-sea-sustainably-fisheries-future.html |access-date=6 September 2020 |work=phys.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Costello |first1=Christopher |last2=Cao |first2=Ling |last3=Gelcich |first3=Stefan |last4=Cisneros-Mata |first4=Miguel Á |last5=Free |first5=Christopher M. |last6=Froehlich |first6=Halley E. |last7=Golden |first7=Christopher D. |last8=Ishimura |first8=Gakushi |last9=Maier |first9=Jason |last10=Macadam-Somer |first10=Ilan |last11=Mangin |first11=Tracey |last12=Melnychuk |first12=Michael C. |last13=Miyahara |first13=Masanori |last14=de Moor |first14=Carryn L. |last15=Naylor |first15=Rosamond |last16=Nøstbakken |first16=Linda |last17=Ojea |first17=Elena |last18=O’Reilly |first18=Erin |last19=Parma |first19=Ana M. |last20=Plantinga |first20=Andrew J. |last21=Thilsted |first21=Shakuntala H. |last22=Lubchenco |first22=Jane |title=The future of food from the sea |journal=Nature |date=19 August 2020 |volume=588 |issue=7836 |pages=95–100 |doi=10.1038/s41586-020-2616-y |pmid=32814903 |bibcode=2020Natur.588...95C |s2cid=221179212 |language=en |issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free |hdl=11093/1616 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

The [[FAO]] State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2004 report estimates that in 2003, of the main fish stocks or groups of resources for which assessment information is available, "approximately one-quarter were [[overexploited]], depleted or recovering from depletion (16%, 7% and 1% respectively) and needed rebuilding."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/3/y5600e/y5600e05.htm|title=The Status of the Fishing Fleet|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization|work=The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119111602/http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5600e/y5600e05.htm|archive-date=19 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>

The [[National Fisheries Institute]], a trade advocacy group representing the United States seafood industry, disagree. They claim that currently observed declines in fish populations are due to natural fluctuations and that enhanced technologies will eventually alleviate whatever impact humanity is having on oceanic life.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15532333 Seafood Could Collapse by 2050, Experts Warn], NBC News. Retrieved 22 July 2007.</ref>