Twice as many fishing vessels now, but it’s harder to catch fish

Mongabay
Jun 6, 2019, 11:01 pm317 pts
How many ships and boats ply the world’s oceans for seafood today? Researchers have a new estimate: where there were about 1.7 million boats harvesting fish in 1950, the number more than doubled to 3.7 million fishing vessels in 2015. More fishing vessels have become motorized as well. While only 20 percent…

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