While overfishing is deemed undesirable, there really are no "teeth" in the plan until a stock has actually become overfished down to its minimum stock size threshold (MSST).

So while a stock may be red-flagged for being subjected to overfishing, the overfishing is technically allowed to continue until the stock actually becomes overfished to that critically low level.
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"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


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