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Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:00 AM

Plundering the oceans

Overfishing continues at a shocking rate, as countries break one environmental promise after another
By Katharine Mieszkowski

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  • Tuesday, June 30, 2009 07:16 PM

    Perhaps it's time for Greens to start supporting the obvious solution

    "We need to start shifting our appetites to fish that can be farmed efficiently and economically, and leave the wild stocks as a special treat."

    This is obvious, but too bad that the oh-so-concerned-about-everything Greens decided to reject this solution the moment it appeared. They would rather have the oceans turn into solid jellyfish than support the farming of the species we eat. Perhaps someone out there can explain this.

    —agore Read agore's other letters

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