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Will we empty the oceans? http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1246968105
Early European explorers to the Americas encountered an astounding abundance of marine life. White beluga whales, now limited to the arctic, swam as far south as Boston Bay. Cod off Newfoundland were so plentiful that fishermen could catch them with nothing more than a weighted basket lowered into the water. As late as the mid-19th century, river herring ran so thick in the eastern United States that wading across certain waterways meant treading on fish. And everywhere sharks were so numerous that, after hauling in their catches, fishers often found them stripped to the bone.
So how did we get from that world, where the oceans teemed with marine life, to the growing aquatic wasteland we see today? The answer: One catch at a time.
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hunting to extinction, overfishing, stupid humans, short-term thinking]
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'Doc Jim says:
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Miles-long driftnets, factory fishing, and trawlers might have had something to do with it.
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