Deal to sink harmful fishing subsidies edges closer

Government subsidies are enabling overfishing in the Indian Ocean, a conference has been told. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

What's happened to all the fish? We've eaten them all.

Overfishing has long-wreaked havoc on ecosystems and coastal communities reliant on marine life, and government handouts are largely to blame, according to Dirk Zeller, leader of the University of Western Australia-based research group the Sea Around Us - the Indian Ocean.