Persuasive Essay On Overfishing

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Lead researcher Martin Krkosek, from the University of Alberta seid "The impact is so severe that the viability of the wild salmon populations is threatened and the probability of extinction is 100 percent," "and the only question is how long it is going to take." This is only one of the 21 different species trying to hold on to existence do to overfishing. Our oceans are being used and abused and the human race must work harder to stop overfishing our oceans. If we don't do something in the next 35 years all of our fish might be depleted, our economy and people's daily lives will change, and our oceans will be destroyed.

Destruction of top predators cause more smaller marine animals at the bottom of the food chain increased. These small

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