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Miles Per Hour Andrea Gail
1,745 wordsThe Novel: The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea by Sebastian Junger I enjoyed this book because it was based on a real story about a brave crew of fishermen, which happened in 1991. I think that the perfect writing skills of Junger embellished it with the makings of a superb thriller. Critics highly evaluated the style and language of The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea. According to some reviews of this book [ 2 ], Sebastian Junger described the natural worl...
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Commercial Fishing Million Pounds
616 wordsEnvironmental Chinook Salmon Chinook Salmon Environmental Science Wednesday, February 26, 1997 Among the many kinds of fish harvested each year by commercial fisheries is the Oncorhynchus tshawytscha or Chinook salmon. The United States catches an averages of about three hundred million pounds of salmon each year. However some Chinook salmon have been recently listed as threatened. Man has been the main cause for the decline in Chinook salmon populations. The populations of Chinook salmon have d...
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Million Metric Tons Gulf Of Mexico
2,560 wordsCommercial Commercial Fishing COMMERCIAL FISHING Commercial fishing is a worldwide enterprise that involves the capture of marine and freshwater fish and shellfish and their preparation for market. Fishing equipment ranges from small boats whose nets are cast and hauled in by hand to factory ships equipped with the most advanced technologies for finding, harvesting, and preparing huge amounts of fish. These large catches are very costly, however, not only in the price of their equipment and fuel...
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2 5 Million Columbia River
2,056 wordsThe 1, 000 plus species of Salmon and Steelhead that live off the western coast of the United States and breed in the rivers and tributaries of California, Washington, and Oregon have greatly fallen in population. 106 species have become extinct and 314 more are at risk of extinction in the Columbia River Basin, the focus of this report. The causes of this are dams on the rivers stopping salmon from breeding and smolt from returning to the ocean, and commercial fishing boats depleting mature pop...
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Fish Species Fishing Industry
262 wordsSAVING STELLER SEA LIONS In Alaska the Steller sea lions and the many other wild life there are diminishing. People ride on the ferry to get where they are going but to also see the wildlife. The sea lions are battling with the fishing industry to survive. The fishing industry is not the only factor affecting the wildlife in Alaska, but it play the largest role and contributes to the many effects that affect the life and could lead to a solution to control the problem. First of all, the steller ...
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