There is a show on the Disney channel about bluefin tuna fishermen. The show opens with this disclaimer. “Bluefin tuna populations are about a quarter of the 1950’s level.” The fishermen constantly complain about their hardly being much tuna to catch anymore. They bitch about the legal limits imposed on them but say the rest of the world does as it pleases. It’s bizarre that none of them ever mention that maybe they should stop catching tuna altogether. It seems like the only obvious solution to build back the levels of bluefin. That thought just never occurs to any of them. 71 years to wipe out 75%, then what? You do the math.
