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	Podcast:		Future Tense - Full program podcast
	Episode:		Emptying the oceans
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:29:06
	Publish Date:		2021-03-07 01:30:00
	Description:		It’s estimated illegal fishing now accounts for the capture of one in every five fish worldwide. It’s a massive problem. But the biggest threat to fish stocks comes not from illegal activity, but from mainstream fishing industries. In particular, the large national fishing fleets that traverse our oceans. A major international study of marine species has found over 33 per cent of fish species are being over-exploited. 60 per cent are being fished to their maximum level. So, can we bring over-fishing under control, before the oceans are emptied of marine life?
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