What Will Be the Catch of Day?
If we continue to strip the sea of its resources, 25 years from now Mrs. Paul's will be serving Wish Sticks. The grim numbers: Every year since 1989, the worldwide catch of seafood has declined. The good news? We're gradually starting to limit overfishing, and are finding new possibilities for "aquaculture," the process of farm-raising fish.
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    American Oceans Campaigns
    Press releases, fish briefs and information on what you can do to help save the sea and the life in it

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