Following technological advances in the fishing industry, the worldwide consumption of seafood rose and then peaked at 100 million tons in 1990. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization has stated that onefourth of the sea creatures that constitute the world's top 20 sources of seafood are already suffering from severe overfishing, requiring cuts in total yearly hauls of 30 %.
隨著漁業科技的發展，全球的海洋生物產量，到了九○年已經達到一億噸的巔峰狀態。聯合國糧農組織分析：世界主要二十種漁業資源中，約有四分之一處於嚴重的過漁狀態，依目前世界的漁獲能力，至少應該削減百分之三十。