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Originally Posted by Boerseun
Sadly, Nature doesn't give a hoot if any one particular species survives or not. There'd be no reason for Nature to step in and do anything about it.
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Humans are nature.
We should give a hoot
We should step in and do something about it.
10 commandments could save world fisheries
mongabay.com
February 18, 2007
10 commandments could save world fisheries
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Government subsidies drive deep-sea fish depletion
mongabay.com
February 18, 2007
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Government subsidies drive deep-sea fish depletion
Recently Australia stopped the harvesting of the 'deep sea roughy' fish after discovering they were very long lived fish, thought to live up to 150 years, and did not sexually mature until they are 25-30 years old
Science fact sheet: Orange Roughy - delicacy from the deep
Last year an Oz navy ship chased a Pirate poacher ship all the way to Cape Town in heavy seas.
