Resource Depletion: Overfishing

In 1900 fish stocks in the North Atlantic looked like this:

Biomass of Popularly Eaten Fish in 1900. Design: David McCandless // Map render Gregor Aisch. Source: Hundred year decline of North Atlantic predatory fishes, V.Christensen et al., 2003. From Information is Beautiful , via the Guardian.

IN the year 2000, fish stocks looked like this:

Biomass of Popularly Eaten Fish in 2000. Design: David McCandless // Map render Gregor Aisch. Source: Hundred year decline of North Atlantic predatory fishes, V.Christensen et al., 2003. From Information is Beautiful , via the Guardian.

There are more data and visualizations on the European Ocean2012.eu site.

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