Will all the fish in the ocean be gone by 2048?

Are the oceans about to run out of fish in less than 50 years? According to an international team of ecologists and economists -- an interesting bunch to get together really -- this prediction is based on the loss of different species of fish due to overfishing, pollution and climate change among other factors.

The loss of certain fish species was the main goal of the study by Boris Worm, PhD, of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Along with colleagues in the U.K., U.S., Sweden, and Panama, the research team analyzed several kinds of data pertaining to the current state of the fishing industry. -- was an effort to understand what this loss of ocean species might mean to the world. Worm released the study recently by stating that "I was shocked and disturbed by how consistent these trends are -- beyond anything we suspected."

Nicola Beaumont, Ph.D., of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in Britain added that "This isn't predicted to happen. This is happening now."

Perhaps we should all be looking for supplemental ways to get out Omega-3 EFAs in about four decades.