Initial Publication Date: August 12, 2008
Plenty of Fish in the Sea?
Introduction
Have you ever heard the saying, "there are plenty of fish in the sea"? While there are in fact a lot of fish in the sea, there may no longer actually be plenty of fish in the sea. In November of 2006, the National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a press release with the alarming message: "Current trends project collapse of currently fished seafoods by 2050." Read the full press release.
In the first part of this investigation, you will explore changes in global marine biodiversity over the last several decades. In the second half of the investigation, you will compare large predatory fish populations to total fish catch per year for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.