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The lack of birds and fish is striking. However, the trawler is still catching fish. The tsunami may have some natural effect too. Also striking is the lack of
by 6ren 13y ago
The lack of birds and fish is striking. However, the trawler is still catching fish. The tsunami may have some natural effect too.
Also striking is the lack of photos - I suspect it wasn't literally "like sailing through a garbage tip" (as opposed to occasional debris, much more than usual).
- huxley 13y agoThe decline can be very rapid and dramatic, fishermen have to work harder and harder to maintain their catch levels (my hometown was one of the ones that suffered with the collapse of the northern cod fishery): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Atlantic_northwest_cod_fishery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Atlantic_north... In the 1990s the Northern Cod populations collapsed to less than 1% and after a 20+ year moratorium on fishing has only increased to 10% of its historical stock.