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http://animals.howstuffworks.com/endangered-species/overfishing-consumer-guide.htm

http://www.eschooltoday.com/overfishing/what-is-overfishing-for-kids.html

http://www.eschooltoday.com/overfishing/impact-of-overfishing.html

http://www.exploringnature.org/db/detail.php?dbID=7&detID=78

A new study conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) found that 5 out of the 8 tuna species are at risk of extinction. All three species of bluefin tuna, for example, are threatened with extinction and are at a population that makes their recovery practically irreversible.

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Did you know ...

Super trawlers (huge fishing boats) have helped destroy the world’s fish stocks. Off the coast of West Africa, thousands of dolphins, giant rays, sharks and turtles are sucked up by these factory ships each year and dumped back into the ocean, dead.

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