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Fish Farms Harming Local Environment

"Clams, prawns, crabs, salmon we had it all at our fingertips," said Henry Scow, the chief of the Kwicksutaineuks tribe in British Columbia, Canada. In his view, the culprits are close at hand. "It's all being depleted because of all the algae, the sea lice and the contamination the fish farms are putting in our territory." -excerpt from the New York Times article at http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/14/international/americas/14CANA.html (free registration required)

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