I keep hearing pro-fishing lobbyists saying "sure we fish 'em down
pretty hard, but there's never actually been a species that was
fished to extinction."


Does anyone know if this is true?  Have there been any species
which were actually fished to death?

curious,
Dave

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Dave Robichaud
c/o Fisheries Conservation Chair
Fisheries and Marine Institute
St. John's, NF
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