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Hungry Oceans
URL: http://europe.oceana.org/index.php?id=2886
According to conventional wisdom, small, fast-growing fish are impossible to overfish because their populations are so large and grow so quickly. Yet we are now seeing disquieting signs that conventional wisdom is wrong.

Most significantly, scientists are reporting ocean predators emaciated from lack of food, vulnerable to disease and without enough energy to reproduce. Scrawny predators, dolphins, striped bass, and even whales have turned up along coastlines around the world. Recreational fishermen are losing both their target fish and their bait. Fishing communities are losing their livelihoods.
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