Where Our Fish Comes From

Hardly a week passes without some media report on new findings about the health benefits of seafood or dire threats to fisheries from over-fishing. On the one hand, the government is encouraging us to eat more seafood, while at the same time they tell us our fisheries are being over-exploited and further catch restrictions are needed. Australia has the largest fishery zone per capita and lowest harvest rate of any ,developed nation. This difference isn't small either. Commonly it is over 10 times and in some cases it is over 100 times larger and lower.