i have mentioned before about fish species crashing dramatically. we
have had a history of intense over-fishing: i remember the sad stories
of the anchovy off chile; of the sardines off the monterey coast of
california (see steinbeck's 'cannery row' and the fabulous non-fiction
'log from the sea of cortez'); the atlantic cod off boston in the
fecund george's bank; and now the tuna. the same is afflicting catches
off the kerala coast: previously disdained species are the only ones
now available as the commercially desired ones have been decimated.
this is enough to make one a dedicated environmentalist.
http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/greenview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9610798&fsrc=nwl
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