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There are, by weight, more ships in the ocean than fish

xkcd, what if, physics, mass, weight, shipping, fish, oceans, marine conservation

Current fish wet biomass is about 2 billion tons, so removing them won’t make a dent either. (Marine fish biomass dropped by 80% over the last century, which—taking into consideration the growth rate of the world’s shipping fleet—leads to an odd conclusion: Sometime in the last few years, we reached a point where there are, by weight, more ships in the ocean than fish.)

https://what-if.xkcd.com/33/