21 SPECIES OF BOTTOM-DWELLING ”GROUNDFISH” HAVE BEEN UPGRADED FROM THE “AVOID” CATEGORY (ON THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM’S SEAFOOD WATCH LIST). THE NEW DECLARATION (FOR THE ROCKFISH, SABLEFISH, AND NUMEROUS OTHER WHITE-FISH) FISHERY (OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON) MARKS A REBOUND FROM THE YEAR 2000, (WHEN THE COMMERCIAL OVERFISHING OF THOSE SPECIES DEPLETED THEM SO MUCH THAT THAT FISHERY EARNED A GOVERNMENT DESIGNATION OF “ECONOMIC DISASTER”). NOW THE 2 MOST OVERFISHED SPECIES ARE ORANGE ROUGHY AND SHARK.
