"... when marine ecologists talk about a ‘global collapse’, they’re talking in a different language from most of us. **We might assume that a ‘collapse’ means there are no fish left.** That a collapsed population is one that has disappeared. That’s how the story seemed to jump from ‘global collapse by 2048’ to ‘empty oceans by 2048’. But this is not what scientists mean. There are many definitions of ‘collapse’ in fisheries science. The one that [[Boris Worm]] was using was **when the amount of fish we catch falls to 10% of the highest recorded levels of catch in history**. ([Location 4095](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=4095))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[food-security]], [[statistics]], **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]