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Overfishing everywhere reduces the viability of those species and wasteful bycatch is a sin. Some fishing methods engender little bycatch, whereas others, like trawling for shrimp, kill up to 10 pounds of fish per pound of shrimp. vi) While a fraction of this bycatch is used as food, the majority is returned to the ocean either dead or ailing, as space is too valuable a commodity on most boats to be dedicated to untargeted species. |
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