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flag New Zealand’s orange roughy fishery is collapsing, with stocks at 8–18% of historic levels, due to decades of destructive trawling, despite environmental warnings and continued exports worth $31 million.

flag New Zealand’s orange roughy fishery faces collapse, with biomass at 8–18% of historic levels, below the 20% overfishing threshold, due to decades of bottom trawling that destroy ancient deep-sea ecosystems. flag Despite environmental warnings and evidence of massive coral bycatch, New Zealand continues exporting the fish, valued at $31 million in 2024, mainly to the U.S. and China, sparking debate over economic gain versus ecological sustainability.

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