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  • Don't take that tuna sandwich for granted [We're running out of oil AND FISH]

    04/19/2006 5:44:22 PM PDT · by SJackson · 52 replies · 1,176+ views
    Capital Times ^ | 4-19-06 | Robert Ovetz
    It's common knowledge that we are running out of oil. What's not so well known is that we are also running out of big fish. The harsh realization that catches of big fish marlin, sharks, swordfish and tuna are declining rapidly is beginning to sink in. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization considers about 75 percent of all fish fully exploited, over-exploited or depleted. The crisis can be seen most extremely across the Pacific, the world's largest source of tuna, where catches are shrinking along with the average size of the fish. Today a 70-pound swordfish which is too young...