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Re:In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Oce... by tlrobinson on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:52AM (#17344552)
I don’t know, so their children and grandchildren will have fish to catch and live off of?
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Re:In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Oce... by dotancohen on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:59AM (#17344578)
As opposed to eating today? As per the fine article, legal fishing methods net 0-6 KG of fish per day. Explosive fishing nets 15-45 KG of fish per day.
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Re:In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Oce... by tlrobinson on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @04:19AM (#17344673)
...because the area has been overfished.

> In the Philippines, stocks have declined precipitously. According to a report by the Philippine national statistics board, the average daily catch in 1970 was 45 pounds. By 2000, that had dropped to 4.5 pounds.

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