US Marine Fish Stocks reach record lows for overfishing

NOAA Fisheries reported a decrease in the number of marine fish stocks subject to overfishing in the United States.

The agency's 2025 Status of Stocks report shows that the number of stocks on the overfishing list fell from 23 to 15. This reduction represents an all-time low for the list. Meanwhile, the agency added another stock to the rebuilt list, bringing the total number of rebuilt stocks since the year 2000 to 52.

The data also indicates that 96 percent of the 372 stocks with a known overfishing status are not currently subject to overfishing. While the number of stocks on the overfished list remained steady at 42, the agency noted that 84 percent of the 265 stocks with a known overfished status are not overfished.