The Seaspiracy virtually empty ocean claim

Published: May 29, 2021, 5 a.m.

Popular Netflix documentary Seaspiracy has sparked a lot of debate recently, including some controversy over some of the claims the documentary makes and the numbers behind them. One of the most striking is that: \u201cif current fishing trends continue we will see virtually empty oceans by the year 2048.\u201d Although overfishing is a global problem, we take a look and find that this scenario is unlikely.