FISHED OUT.

Comments on reports by scientists warning that fish stocks are overexploited and offers the opinion that modest changes in fishing practices and management could reverse misuse and restore the health of the oceans. Popularity of seafood in the United States; Technology in the fishing industry; Reference to a report by fisheries scientists Ransom Myers and Boris Worm showing that the abundance of large ocean fish has plummeted 90 percent since the industrialization of fishing; Problems faced by the ocean ecosystem because of the overexploitation of fish stocks; Diminution of fish size; What heedless consumption of fish could do for the already small fish supply; List of sustainable seafood consumers should concentrate on eating; Role of commercial fishers in saving the industry; Lack of interest the public and politicians have taken in fish conservation; Reference to a book entitled 'In a Perfect Ocean,' by Daniel Pauly.