Missing the Point?

Environmentalists have produced a report 'Aquatic Pollutants in Oceans and Fisheries' (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/27/regulators-missing-pollutions-effect-on-marine-life-study-finds). This report, brings together data, illustrating that increasing chemical and plastics pollution makes significant contributions to the declines of fish and other aquatic organisms. The report's authors note that pollutants have impacts on many organisms, at different levels, in marine food webs. They feel that regulators are often too quick to blame all declines in fish stocks on 'overfishing' (although it can be a cause of concern). This is because those regulators focus only on fisheries quota catch and fishing effort. They rarely even consider the possible impact of pollution. This is even when levels of chemicals and plastics are increasing in our oceans and the organisms that live there.