Tuna and mackerel populations suffer catastrophic 74% decline

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zosterops
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Tuna and mackerel populations suffer catastrophic 74% decline
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When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money.

The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (2009) “Native American saying”. 

Ipswich Shire Eastern flanks

Reflex
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I heard about those statistics on the radio this morning at about the same time they announced the removal of the ban on the "Geelong Star". The massive 95' long factory trawler is going to be allowed to fish 24 hours a day in Australian waters and has permission to catch 16,500 tonnes of pelagic fish a year. It has already admitted killing 9 Dolphins and 4 seals since February this year.

Samford Valley Qld.

Woko
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And they're the ones they've admitted to. Thuggery on the high seas.

Night Parrot
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Way, way too many people on this planet.

Woko
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And way, way too many high level consumers. As you can see I've just sold my computer & reverted to a stone tablet!

Population control will inevitably occur when there are insufficient resources to sustain current numbers. The watch our standard of living!

Night Parrot
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By then, Woko, it will be way, way too late for many of earth's creatures.

Araminta
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When I was young, I never understood what my mother meant, every time there was a major disaster and thousands of people vanished,

she used to say: not enough to solve the planet's problems.

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