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Fish is considered an important part of a human's healthy diet as it contains large amounts of protein and omega 3 fatty acids which can help stop diet related disease like heart disease However fish are being caught at a rapid rate otherwise known as overfishing Over 85 of the world's major fishing grounds are experiencing overfishing Starting in the 1990's and early 2000's fishermen began using instruments like sonar and large trawling nets to efficiently capture up to thousands of individual fish to be sold in supermarkets and restaurants around the world Resulting in some species reaching extinction like Chilean Sea Bass and Pacific Salmon Countries that are contributing to this problem are countries with high dependencies on seafood for necessity or for economic purposes Most of them are in Asia and the Americas like Japan China Chile Vietnam and the United States What these countries have in common are extremely long coastlines with populations who are used to eating fish on a daily basis Many consequences occur due to overfishing
