Padraig Hoare: Overfishing of oceans is unsustainable

If we continue the way we fish in our seas and oceans, we are heading towards catastrophe. Picture: Emer Keaveney.

The oceans are vast, and the bounty is plentiful -- at least, that is the perception of fishing among us laypeople.

However, according to the scientists, among them 50 of Ireland’s top researchers and academics, that perception could not be more wrong.