‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice

Published on June 11, 2025

At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch of the day” wasn’t a seabass or a red mullet – it was a figure: 35 per cent. That’s the share of global fish stocks now being harvested unsustainably, according to a new UN report released Wednesday.

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