Seafood Print: Who Catches and Who Consumes (IMAGE)

Pew Charitable Trusts, Ocean Science

Seafood Print: Who Catches and Who Consumes

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Wealthy nations once obtained most of their fish by fishing. Today they're more likely to buy a swordfish than to catch it. Japan purchases more than twice as much fish as it catches, while Peruvians, the number two seafood producers in the world, consume barely any at all.

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