Marine mammals are `not competing' with humans.(News)

From: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) | Date: May 13, 2004 | Copyright information

MARINE mammals and humans are not in competition for the same fish stocks,according to the first global study of its kind.

The research,outlined in this week's New Scientist magazine, contradicts a theory which has been used to justify seal culls and whale hunting.

The study claims that around 80% of fish caught for human consumption come from regions which are seldom used as feeding grounds by marine mammals.

And it says 99% of marine mammals' fee...

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