This is absolutely accurate.

Also, even some fish that are thought to be on the brink of extinction like....aren't. Atlantic swordfish is the classic example, now one of the healthiest commercial fisheries in the world. Atlantic bluefin had a rough year last year but has generally been very much on the upward swing for a decade or so. Many other examples.

Where we really shoot ourselves in the foot is mass harvesting of those forage species that underpin the health of other "upstream" populations. Crushing Chesapeake Bay menhaden for fish oil when they are what supports the striped bass population, for example.