North America - Overfishing

Overfishing - the taking of excess fish from the wild which prevents food for other species and limits the number of future fish. When settlers came over from Europe many years ago this land was described as "there as so many fish their you can walk on the water." Now that saying can no longer be said due to the aggressive fish market. Governments now put out laws to protect the remaining fish and fish are now raised in semi-captivity for human consumption by the aquaculture process.