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Fish cards FrontAmericans eat an average of 15 lbs of fish per year There are more than 20,000 different fish species and there could be even twice as much that we don’t’ know about The world’s largest fish is the whale shark that grows more than 50 ft in length and weighs several tons The world’s smallest fish is a goby which is rarely longer than 1/2 an inch. Nearly 1000 marine mammals (dolphins, whales, porpoises) get caught in fish nets each day Every year commercial fisherman dump more than 20 million tons of fish that they didn’t mean to catch 400 million pounds of shrimp are caught in the United States every year 52% of fish stocks are fully exploited (they are being fished at their maximum capacity) 24% of fish stocks are over exploited (they are depleting or recovering from depletion) Only 3% of fish stocks are under exploited (we could take more and they could still maintain a good population size) 90% of large fish groups (big schools of fish) have been exterminated due to overfishing Having more marine protected areas can help curb overfishing issues and restore populations in certain areas Making laws to restrict fishing methods and how much can be caught is a major way to stop overfishing Goldfish increase in Popularity Collect 3 Fish Large School Sighted Collect 5 Fish Caught in a Storm Throw back 2 fish Receive an Extra Net Collect 1 Fish Another Boat is Added to your Fleet Collect 7 Fish You’re the First Fisherman Out to Sea Collect 10 Fish Improve your Fishing Pole Collect 2 Fish Use Hot Dogs as Bait Collect 2 Fish Hire Another Fisherman Collect 5 Fish Business is Booming Collect 3 Fish Scanty Season Collect 1 Fish Throw Chum in the Water Collect 4 Fish Shark Attack! Collect 1 Fish Contaminated Fish Throw Back 3 Fish Fish Too Small Throw Back 1 Fish You got the Flu Collect 0 Fish Discover New Fishing Area Collect 8 Fish
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