Perth and Kinross Council have provided 2, 000 sand bags to replenish stocks after Monday's floods.

BBC: Flood water around a house in Comrie

If the centrifuge machines at Natanz spin on, despite UN injunctions to stop, it will anyway be able to replenish its stocks there in a matter of months at most.

ECONOMIST: Less than meets the eye so far

Nowadays, fishing stops in high summer so that stocks can replenish.

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Ms Damanaki was presented with a petition signed by nearly a million people demanding an end to discards, and for fishing at a level that allows stocks to replenish.

BBC: Fish discards ban 'may be diluted'

Regulations that help replenish and protect fish stocks, restoration and conservation projects to protect and nurture natural barriers like reefs and wetlands, and reforestation efforts are all things that can have a huge impact on ocean health with no rocket science necessary.

CNN: Oceans: Environmental victim or savior?

For starters, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says the global fishing fleet is 2.5 times bigger than "what the oceans can sustainably support" - i.e. there are too many boats catching too many fish, and not giving fish stocks enough time to replenish them.

CNN: All about: Global fishing