The vast over-consumption of fish in the oceans has long been known. With new technologies 26 , it is bringing to light the true extent of the damage we are afflicting. 27 and environmentalists have long been aware that the rate at which we are 28 fish from our oceans is unsustainable. As an example, we watched the 29 of the Canadian cod fisheries in 1992, which to this day has rendered the Atlantic cod a vulnerable 30 .