Not finding Nemo.It is widely agreed that aquatic life and fisheries fisheries. From earliest times and in practically all countries, fisheries have been of industrial and commercial importance. In the large N Atlantic fishing grounds off Newfoundland and Labrador, for example, European and North American fishing fleets have long are in global decline (see "Ocean Rescue," cover story July/August 2005). However, a new report says the damage could be worse than previously suspected. Appearing in Science, the report summarized a four-year study by a team of ecologists and economists, and concluded that at current rates of over-fishing almost all marine life harvested by humans will be wiped out before 2050. The scientists analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. the effects of marine pollution, climate change, over-fishing and unwanted by-catch on the productivity and stability of our oceans, According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. lead author Boris Worm of Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (dălhou`zē), at Halifax, N.S., Canada; nonsectarian; coeducational; founded 1818 by the 9th earl of Dalhousie. Except for a few years between 1838 and 1845, Dalhousie did not function as a university until 1863. , "At this point, 29 percent of fish and seafood seafood Edible aquatic animals excluding mammals, but including both freshwater and ocean creatures. Seafood includes bony and cartilaginous fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, edible jellyfish, sea turtles, frogs, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. species have collapsed--that is, their catch has declined by 90 percent. If the long-term trend continues, all fish species are projected to collapse within my lifetime--by 2048." Not long after, Greenpeace released a study about the "Trash Vortex"--a swirling mass of plastic pollution near Hawaii that has grown as large as Texas. Greenpeace scientist Adam Waiters says, "The danger to marine life has been known for decades, but the scale of the problem has not been realized." |
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