How do fishing quotas increase the sustainability of the fishing and decrease the risk of overfishing?

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More than 85% of the world’s species of fish have been pushed beyond their biological limits. Many have been pushed to the point of extinction, or near extinction, by fishing. 70% of the world's fish species are no longer any use to fisheries as their stocks are so low that there are too few of them to be a viable catch.


How do fishing quotas increase the sustainability of the fishing and decrease the risk of overfishing?