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Article: Monterey Bay Aquarium supports sustainable seafood choices to preserve fish populations
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- Oakland Tribune
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- June 17, 2009
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How much seafood will be left after 2050?
That question, debated by scientists for years, was raised again
recently at Cooking for Solutions, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's
annual event about sustainable seafood. To hear the scientists,
chefs and fishermen tell it, the world's oceans are in trouble. Some
prized food, such as Atlantic cod, have been heavily overfished.
Other species are inedible, but are ensnared unintentionally in
dredges and trawl nets -- two ways of fishing that also damage
habitat. And some seafood farms pollute waters and spread disease.
These problems aren't going away. Rising world population and demand
for seafood are putting ever more pressure on the oceans, says ...