Twenty Percent of All Humans Depend on Fish as Their

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Twenty percent of all humans depend on fish as their primary protein source.The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) states that 70 percent of all marine fisheries are now either fully exploited or depleted.Since the mid-1990s, commercial populations of cod, hake, haddock, and flounder have declined by up to 95 percent.Many UN members are calling for action to solve this problem.Which action would be most likely to reverse the trend of declining fish populations?

• A) Developing more effective fishing technology
• B) Removing regulations on fishery catches
• C) Having fisheries switch to new fish species
• D) Fertilizing oceans to produce more food for fish stocks
• E) Setting stricter catch limits, to allow fish stocks to recover

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