Scientists reported last year that fish would be gone from the oceans by 2048 if this behavior goes unchecked -- though Clover points out that it's not as if the seas will be empty. In the absence of all the fish we've eaten, we'll also experience a surfeit of species like jellyfish because biodiversity has been undone.
I heard an interview on the radio (perhaps with Clover himself) that pointed out that in some countries, people already eat jellyfish. BTW, overfishing is a example of market failure that's well known even among neoclassicals (the "tragedy of the commons"). Why don't they respond? -- Jim Devine / "The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side." -- James Baldwin
