The U.S. Is Almost as Fish Dependent as It Is Energy Dependent
We Import Over 90 Percent of Our Seafood. It’s Hurting the Environment—and the Economy.
The United States is one of the world’s three largest consumers of seafood products, yet we import over 90 percent of our fish and shellfish, and have been experiencing an estimated $10 billion trade deficit in seafood products. The only natural resource we import at a greater deficit is petroleum; we are “fish dependent” in the same way that we are oil dependent. This dependence is not only an economic concern; it is also an environmental one. It is widely recognized that the world’s fisheries are stressed; 85 percent of …
