FISHERIES
5/15/2003
Scientists report industrial fishing has killed off 90 percent of the world's biggest and most economically important fish species.
Source
Ransom Myers and Boris Worm, "Rapid Worldwide Depletion of Predatory Fish Communities," Nature, 15 May 2003
Links
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization: Fisheries Department
Worldwatch Links
State of the World 2004 - Chapter 5 Moving Toward a Less Consumptive Economy
Worldwatch Research Library: Oceans
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