Over Fishing

Overfishing has to be one of the least thought of problems in the world today. Fishermen continue to raid the seas and lakes of fish so they can profit as much as they can. Trawling is one of the huge problems that affects many habitats and causes many fish to go extinct. When huge boats are pulling nets behind them and scraping the ocean floors, they are destroying the habitats. One thing that totally disturbs me is that usually only one third of the catch in the trawler boats is processed. Another problem is that fishermen don't slow down their fishing in order to keep their usual catch alive. If fishermen would realize that if they only caught so many fish each year, then they could have the fish population thrive. In the end though, they will not realize this until their fish populations are dead.