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Marine conservationists warn that the deep-sea fish could become commercially extinct by 2007 because of illegal fishing.

What is this a new term? "Commercially extinct"? What in the heck does that mean?

NFP

1 posted on 08/27/2003 3:19:22 PM PDT by Notforprophet
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To: Notforprophet
Quick eat up now, that sea bass is goood stuff.
2 posted on 08/27/2003 3:20:59 PM PDT by max_rpf
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To: Notforprophet
The Patagonian Toothfish.


3 posted on 08/27/2003 3:21:03 PM PDT by Notforprophet (There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who can read binary and those who can't.)
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To: Notforprophet
"Commercially extinct"? What in the heck does that mean?

Basically, it means what it says - Toothies (as the Aussies call 'em) won't die off as a species, but the masses tracked by trawlers will be decimated.

I've been out of the seafood importing bidniss for over a year now, but as of early last year it was estimated that something like 60% of the catch was "poached" (not taken via methods used in a properly managed fishery)..a whole lotta quota ignoring going on.

There were, as of last year, some pretty large importers here about to go on the hot seat for knowingly dealing in this sort of black market stuff.

5 posted on 08/27/2003 3:27:52 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (40 miles inland, California becomes Flyover Country!)
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To: Notforprophet
YUM!
How dry I am...
6 posted on 08/27/2003 3:29:37 PM PDT by StatesEnemy
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Sea bass?!?! Damn, Dr. Evil's escaped again! ("Now where'd we hide those frickin' laser beams?")
12 posted on 08/27/2003 4:34:24 PM PDT by ZviTheWise (Silence=Death)
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