Big-game sportfishing advocates are actively lobbying to prevent commercial fishermen from supplying swordfish to seafood consumers. Swordfish stocks in the Pacific are in good condition. But a boycott does virtually nothing to safeguard swordfish. Mr. Scott Smullen National Marine Fisheries Service Confidence in Swordfish Conservation In the Atlantic Ocean, international conservation measures have been strengthened. With a stringent enforcement program now in place, fishery regulators have halted the decline in North Atlantic swordfish stocks and look forward to an increase by 1999.
Fishermen recognize the importance of sustaining healthy swordfish resources.
With international cooperation in the conservation of the ocean's resources, seafood consumers can be assured that swordfish will remain available for future generations.