Stop over fishing
- Mission:
- Don't support industries that deplete our oceans
- Founder:
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Marta N.
, Denver, CO
- Description:
- Overfishing is a widespread problem that takes place when fish are harvested rapidly enough to deplete fish in the reproductive stage of their life, leaving a sexually immature population that is unable repopulate. Industrialized fishing has allowed humans to take marine life from the ocean at an astounding rate, so much that the world's largest marine predators are disapearing. Numbers today: 16% of protein consumed by humans comes from the sea. 30% of fish stocks are depleted and/or overfished. 47% are fished to their biological limit. &... Read more
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25 Members
$1,680 Raised
114 Actions
All Salmon Fishing Banned on West Coast
via www.sfgate.com
posted by
Barry L.
May 03
1 comment
Salmon fishing was banned along the West Coast for the first time in 160 years Thursday, a decision that is expected to have a devastating economic impact on fishermen, dozens of businesses, tourism and...
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West Coast Salmon Fishing Ban Considered
via ap.google.com
posted by
phil c.
Apr 07
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The stunning collapse of one of the West Coast's biggest wild salmon runs has prompted even cash-strapped fishermen to call for an unprecedented shutdown of salmon fishing off the c...
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Purchase only seafood that has not been depleted
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Marta N.
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Save Energy & Resources: Eat Less meat
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Big Fish
by
Marta N.
on the Stop over fishing Discussion Forum
3 comments
most recent comment
on Aug 15, 2007
Overfishing is a widespread problem that takes place when fish are harvested rapidly enough to deplete fish in the reproductive stage of their life...
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Big Fish
from
Marta N.
Aug 08, 2007
Overfishing is a widespread problem that takes place when fish are harvested rapidly enough to deplete fish in the reproductive stage of their life, leaving a sexually immature population that is unable repopulate. Overfishing leads to the decline of marine populations.
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Heather M.
Springfield, MO
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Marta N.
Denver, CO
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