You could substitute a myriad of other species and disciplines in this headline and these words of Charles Witek would ring true across the board.
It served to further convince me that the golden times are gone and, instead, we’re living in a new Tarnished Age of offshore fishing, when technology, coupled with some admittedly formidable new angling skills, has created an illusion of bounty despite the depletion of most pelagic fish stocks.
LINK (via: One Angler’s Voyage)