There is no length to which we will not go to get at these fish.

(Not picking on Kiwis - just an example...)

Depressing, to say the least.

That sounds like a parody, but it really is the way a lot of people think.

You're a fisherman, and you look around and see that either you get it, or your competitors will.

"Saving the fish" isn't even an option on the table.

Interestingly, many "primitive" cultures figure out for themselves that overharvesting is the problem, and establish quotes which are enforced by the whole society. It's trying to keep the "outsiders" -- esp. industrial fishing vessels -- out that is the real challenge.

Worth noting that the main reason the Somalis turned to piracy is that their traditional fishing grounds were being depleted by factory ships (I'm looking at you, Japan). Similar things are happening in the Phillipines now.

yup

And why?
I don't know whether to or or

...to eat. Yum.

But this is why I won't eat them.

It's a very sad thing that someone else will.

Reports like this merely strengthen that conviction.

Eschew piscophagy!

...I haven't got a clue what it means.

"Eating fish"...

Nobody controls, owns, or regulates commercial activity on the open seas, and ecological disaster is the result.

Their impact is a bit more severe than the over-grazing that first prompted Hardin's observation.