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Piracy isn’t so good for fish after all

Posted on February 11, 2010February 11, 2010 By David Shiffman 2 Comments on Piracy isn’t so good for fish after all
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The piracy situation in Somalia is a terrible human tragedy. That’s why when conservationist Joni Lawrence said that it was great because it helped fish stocks to recover,  people like myself and Blogfish author Mark Powell got angry. As it turns out, Joni Lawrence wasn’t just being horribly insensitive- she was wrong.

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