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Commercial Fishing Gets Failing Grade

Countries are getting bad grades because there’s a lot of over-fishing going on. (Photo by Stephen Ausmus, courtesy of the USDA)

A new study out in the journal Nature grades countries on their ocean fishing practices. Rebecca Williams reports even the top countries are not getting a passing grade:

The Marine Stewardship Council

A related story from The Environment Report

Producer: Rebecca Williams
Release Date: February 23, 2009
Running Time: :50

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