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Mongabay: A new study warns that overfishing could exacerbate poverty and political stability in one of the world's poorest nations: Madagascar. According to the recent study published in Marine Policy, fish catches in the African island-nation from 1950 to 2008 are actually double the official numbers, with foreign wealthy nations currently taking half the haul.
"Both increasing pressure by local fishing communities and demand from the international market could accelerate the downward trends we see in......
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Poor in Madagascar see fish plundered for foreign consumption
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 11th, 2011
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