Ray Hilborn, professor of aquatic and fishery sciences at the University of Washington, did a little op-eding in today’s New York Times.

His op? Stop feeling so guilty about eating fish.

"Much of the earlier research pointed to declines in catches and concluded that therefore fish stocks must be in trouble," writes Hilborn.

"But there is little correlation between how many fish are caught and how many actually exist; over the past decade, for example, fish catches in the United States have dropped because regulators have lowered the allowable catch. On average, fish stocks worldwide appear to be stable, and in the United States they are rebuilding, in many cases at a rapid rate."

Read the whole thing here.