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Fisheries – Facts and Figures
- We catch over 5 times more fish today than we did fifty years ago.
- China alone catches over 25 million tonnes of fish every year.
- Some fishing nets, called “trawler nets” can be up to 65 kilometres
long, and 15 metres deep.
- Some fish populations have been reduced to a tenth of their original
size – and are still getting smaller.
- Many sea animals – like dolphins, turtles, seals, birds and many
species of fish – are also accidentally killed in fishing nets.
Nicholson, 2000.
WRI, 2002.
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