Some restaurants stopping service of Chilean sea bass

ATLANTA - More than 80 Atlanta restaurants will join a nationwide campaign Wednesday to stop serving Chilean sea bass until the species recovers from overharvesting. <br> <br> The fish, which has firm, white, mild-flavored flesh, is a favorite of chefs and diners. <br> <br> The AJC is reporting Wednesday that more than 800 restaurants across the country have joined the campaign and 700 more have agreed to take the popular item off their menus. <br> <br> Experts say that overharvesting and especially illegal fishing have seriously depleted the population of sea bass around Antarctica, its main habitat. <br> <br> Some seafood importers say the boycott of legally caught sea bass hurts legitimate fishing boats and the whole industry. They say a better solution is to crack down on poachers.