August 5, 2019 — US federal fishing regulators say that the number of US fish stocks at sustainable levels remains at a near-record high.
Some 90% of US stocks are not subject to overfishing, regulators believe.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its annual Status of the Stocks report Aug. 2, which, as is required by the Magnuson-Stevens Act, details the stocks that are regulated as “overfished” or subject to “overfishing.”