Environmental Woes of Tierra del Fuego -- Fishery Protection

Miles of hook lines wait at the ready aboard a Falkland Islands-registered factory trawler. Tons of hake and whiting will be cleaned, packed and frozen as quickly as it can be pulled aboard the small vessel. The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the world annual fish catch at $80 billion and says that the global catch has more than doubled in the last 25 years.

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Miles of hook lines wait at the ready aboard a Falkland Islands-registered factory trawler. Tons of hake and whiting will be cleaned, packed and frozen as quickly as it can be pulled aboard the small vessel. The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the world annual fish catch at $80 billion and says that the global catch has more than doubled in the last 25 years.