Between the Devil and the Deep Sea: Inside the Battle Over Trawling for a 200-Year-Old Fish
In New Zealand, the stay-or-go debate over orange roughy fisheries encapsulates the tensions in the relationship between humans and the deep sea.
Down in the deep, dark South Pacific Ocean live grouchy-looking, sluggish fish. Some of them have been around since the Qing Dynasty ruled China and possibly even before the United States was an independent country.
With a life expectancy of up to 250 years, orange roughy live slowly. They reach maturity...
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