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Overfishing occurs when the fish in the Ocean are caught faster than they can reproduce. Aft Research, reports have surfaced that over 90% of the large fish population in the Ocean has been stripped away by heavy commercial fishing from within the last half century. Fish, such as tuna and swordfish, are believed to be nearing extinction. These fish were once in abundance throughout the ocean waters but are disappearing before our eyes as a result of our impact on these species. As the world’s population continues to increase, the desire for fishing increases as a result. However, there will never be enough fish to supply all these people’s demands. This is something that strongly needs to be recognized and fixed. Overfishing is not just affecting the fish population, as it is a chain reaction to all other walks of life. Marine birds and mammals rely on fish as their food supply, so by reducing the fish population, it is in turn affecting a giant food web by tremendously and......

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