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Is your appetite killing the ocean?

Posted at 5:10 PM on May 22, 2012 by Michael Olson

Folks from flyover country are easy to spot on ocean beaches. They tend to linger longer. You may have seen similar behavior from your South Dakota cousin in the way he looks at the tall buildings in Minneapolis.

We've known for some time that these distant bodies of salty water aren't faring well, but the news keeps getting worse. A new report from the World Wildlife Fund details the extent of overfishing among other negative environmental indicators.
fishing--WWF overfishing chart.jpg

We have our own problems with the fish in Minnesota lakes, but overfishing isn't the leading culprit.

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