Large scale, industrialized fishing fleets use 12.5 times more energy catching fish than the fish provide to the people who eat them.

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This statement is true. A study published in the journal Nature Communications in 2020 found that large-scale fishing fleets around the world use 12.5 times more energy to catch fish than the amount of energy the fish provide to humans as food. This means that the energy return on investment (EROI) of industrialized fishing is very low, and it highlights the unsustainability of current fishing practices.

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