Introduction Draft

The depletion of fish populations caused by overfishing is a global concern, and is even affected by us San Diegans. Through the years, overfishing has become an extreme concern in oceanic issues. Today 75% of the world’s fisheries are exploited, overexploited, or completely depleted. The global fishing groups have operated at 2.5 times the sustainable amount. The most vulnerable group of fish to overfishing consists of larger fish, due to their slow reproduction rate, like 17% of all shark species and even Rockfish.