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Study: 63% of Seafood Species Depleted

HeadlineJul 31, 2009

In environmental news, a new study says 63 percent of the world’s seafood stock are below their target levels. The study, published in the journal Science, says rampant overfishing has spread from “rivers to coastal areas to the (Continental) shelf to the deep sea.”

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