First settlers of Maine drying and salting
fish on the Atlantic shore.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration. (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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Dories racing for a school of
fish, Atlantic
Ocean, 1880s.
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Cod fishermen drying and salting
fish on the Newfoundland coast, 1700s.
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Fishermen in a dory on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland, 1880s.
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North Atlantic cod-fishing in the 1880s
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Salmon cannery on the Pacific coast at Astoria, Oregon, 1880s.
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Cod fishermen in a small boat off the New England coast.
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Lobstermen hauling traps off the coast of Maine, 1800s.
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Cod specimen collected at Eastport, Maine, by the US
Fish Commission, 1872.
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The way the Indians
fished, using spears and dugout canoes, Virginia Colony, 1500s
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Chinese-Americans working at the Kinney Salmon Cannery in Astoria, Oregon, 1880s.
Engraving of a 19th-century illustration. (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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World map of the flat earth printed by Beatus Rhenanus Bildaus Rheinau early 1500s - North is left, Mediterranean Sea middle
Printed color lithograph reproduction 19th century. (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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East Indian divers gathering parls, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration. (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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In a Thursday, June 4, 2009 photo, packages of seasoned
fish for sale are shown at A-Dong market in Westminster, Calif. State and county authorities are inspecting Asian markets in Southern California to try to weed out the sale of white croaker, which has been contaminated by chemicals released into the Pacific
Ocean from the 1950s to the 1970s. The
fish is not white croaker, said Lt. Specialist John Fallan of California's Department of
Fish and Game, but it can be difficult for consumers to tell the difference. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Nantucket sleigh-ride in which a longboat is pulled by a harpoon line lodged in a whale.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration. (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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Jennifer Thomas, foreground, wears a suit of an orange roughy
fish as she and members of the Turtle Island Restoration Network rally outside of an
Ocean Policy Task Force meeting in San Francisco, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. The Obama administration on Thursday released the first glimpse of a plan to strengthen the way the nation manages the
oceans, coasts and the Great Lakes. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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National
Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) chief, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, speaks with the Associated Press in Boston Monday, July 20, 2009, after she delivered the keynote address at Coastal Zone 2009, an annual conference of coastal zone scientists, managers, state officials and coastal non-government groups. New pressures being put on the nation's
ocean waters, including wind turbines and
fish farming, are sparking conflicts with more traditional activities and show the need for better planning. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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National
Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) chief, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, speaks with the Associated Press in Boston Monday, July 20, 2009, after she delivered the keynote address at Coastal Zone 2009, an annual conference of coastal zone scientists, managers, state officials and coastal non-government groups. New pressures being put on the nation's
ocean waters, including wind turbines and
fish farming, are sparking conflicts with more traditional activities and show the need for better planning. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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"Trying out" - boiling whale bubber for oil on a whaling ship, 1800s.
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FILE - In this Jan 2007 file photo, the trawler Black Beauty leaves the Portland
Fish Exchange, in Portland, Maine. A study by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says rising water temperatures are helping drive many of New England's
fish populations farther from shore and into deeper water. (AP Photo by Robert F. Bukaty)
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FILE - In this April 2009 file photo, a commercial
fishing boat passes Ram Island Ledge Light, near Cape Elizabeth, Maine, on its way back to Portland Harbor.A study by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says rising water temperatures are helping drive many of New England's
fish populations farther from shore and into deeper water. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)
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FILE - In this Nov., 2003 file photo, flounder are displayed at the Portland
Fish Exchange, in Portland, Maine. A study by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says rising water temperatures are helping drive many of New England's
fish populations farther from shore and into deeper water. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)
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South Sea whaling in the 1800s.
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Whale struck by a harpoon while breaching, 1800s.
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Native Americans around a fire on the Virginia/North Carolina coast, 1500s.
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FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, a Filipino fisherman lifts tuna, which is exported to Japan, U.S. and Europe, at the General Santos city port, southern Philippines. Environmentalists want tougher restrictions on the industrial-scale
fishing of bigeye tuna in the Pacific
Ocean after new research showed that current measures are failing and will do little to sustain
fish stocks in years ahead, a researcher said Thursday, Sep. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
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Whalers "cutting in," removing blubber in strips from a dead whale.
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Long boat crew harpooning a whale.
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In this photo taken on June 22, 2009, the sun sets down at the Point Vicente Park on the Pacific
Ocean in Palos Verdes, Calif. The fight to establish marine reserves off the Southern California coast is planned to come to a head Thursday Oct. 22, 2009 as a panel elicited final information before making a recommendation to the California
Fish and Game Commission on one of three hotly debated plans for a Marine Protected Area in the Southern California Bight. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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In this photo taken on June 22, 2009, the sun sets down on the Pacific
Ocean in Palos Verdes, Calif. The fight to establish marine reserves off the Southern California coast is planned to come to a head Thursday Oct. 22, 2009 as a panel elicited final information before making a recommendation to the California
Fish and Game Commission on one of three hotly debated plans for a Marine Protected Area in the Southern California Bight. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, July 8, 2009, Sri Lankan fishermen, also known locally as stick fishermen, sit perched on stilts fixed into the
ocean floor as they
fish in Koggala area, south of Galle, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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Sri Lankan fishermen, also known locally as stick fishermen, sit perched on stilts fixed into the
ocean floor as they
fish in Koggala area, south of Galle, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, July 8, 2009, Sri Lankan fishermen, also known locally as stick fishermen, sit perched on stilts fixed into the
ocean floor as they
fish in Koggala area, south of Galle, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, July 8, 2009, Sri Lankan fishermen, also known locally as stick fishermen, at right, sit perched on stilts fixed into the
ocean floor, as others
fish from an embankment, in Koggala area, south of Galle, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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In a Thursday, June 4, 2009 photo, Shoppers check out rows of iceboxes stacked with seafood at Thuan Phat market in Westminster, Calif. State and county authorities are inspecting Asian markets in Southern California to try to weed out the sale of white croaker, which has been contaminated by chemicals released into the Pacific
Ocean from the 1950s to the 1970s. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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In a Thursday, June 4, 2009 photo, Hoang Van Nguyen holds milkfish at Thuan Phat market in Westminster, Calif. State and county authorities are inspecting Asian markets in Southern California to try to weed out the sale of white croaker, which has been contaminated by chemicals released into the Pacific
Ocean from the 1950s to the 1970s. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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A woman holds a dish with filled with
fish which is her daily payment payment after helping fishermen to pull their nets out of the
ocean in Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A woman holds a dish with filled with
fish which is her daily payment payment after helping fishermen to pull their nets out of the
ocean in Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A woman holds a dish filled with
fish which is her daily payment payment after helping fishermen to pull their nets out of the
ocean in Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A boy holds a bowl with
fish which is his daily payment after helping fishermen to pull their nets out of the
ocean in Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Angry whale chasing a harpoon boat.
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Nancy Golden of the American
Oceans Campaign, left, Diane Resnick, kneeling, and Susie Exner of the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, prepare for the annual Great American
Fish Count off the Anacapa Island off the coast of Southern California, Monday, July 7, 1997. They were among about 50 divers and snorkelers to dock. (AP Photo/Seanna O?Sullivan)
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The German frigate MV Karlsruhe, sails through the Mama Ngina channel headed to the port of Mombasa, Kenya with seven suspected Somali pirates onboard Monday Nov. 9, 2009. The seven suspected pirates arrived at the port of Mombasa on board a German frigate MV Karlsruhe after they were arrested in Indian
Ocean waters as they attempted to hijack a French
fishing vessel. EU Naval Force said that seven pirates its forces arrested after an attack late last month on a French
fishing vessel had been transferred to Kenyan authority for prosecution "in accordance with the agreement between the EU and Kenya. (AP Photo)
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Two, blue overalls, of the seven suspected Somali pirates are guarded by Kenyan security officers as they arrived at the port's police station in Mombasa, Kenya, Monday Nov. 9, 2009. The seven suspected pirates arrived at the port of Mombasa on board a German frigate MV Karlsruhe after they were arrested in Indian
Ocean waters as they attempted to hijack a French
fishing vessel. EU Naval Force said that seven pirates its forces arrested after an attack late last month on a French
fishing vessel had been transferred to Kenyan authority for prosecution "in accordance with the agreement between the EU and Kenya. (AP Photo)
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Some of the seven suspected Somali pirates are guarded by Kenyan security officers as they arrived at the port's police station in Mombasa, Kenya, Monday Nov. 9, 2009. The seven suspected pirates arrived at the port of Mombasa on board a German frigate MV Karlsruhe after they were arrested in Indian
Ocean waters as they attempted to hijack a French
fishing vessel. EU Naval Force said that seven pirates its forces arrested after an attack late last month on a French
fishing vessel had been transferred to Kenyan authority for prosecution "in accordance with the agreement between the EU and Kenya. (AP Photo)
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A Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission helicopter flies over the USNS Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, sits anchored waiting to be sunk to make an artificial reef, May 27, 2009 near Key West, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 15** This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the
ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local
fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 15** This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the
ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local
fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 15** This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the
ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local
fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 15** This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the
ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local
fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 15** This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the
ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local
fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 15** This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the
ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local
fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 15** This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the
ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local
fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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A fisherman in a small boat off the Caribbean island of Bonaire is shown Friday, May 22, 2009. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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A fisherman in a small boat off the Caribbean island of Bonaire is shown Friday, May 22, 2009. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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A fisherman in a small boat off the Caribbean island of Bonaire is shown Friday, May 22, 2009. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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In this photo taken Aug. 3, 2009, commercial
fishing boats are tied up at their moorings near sunset at Cundy's Harbor, Maine. The 2009 Ecosystem Status Report says the makeup of the
ocean waters off the Northeast has been fundamentally altered because of climate change, heavy commercial
fishing pressure and a growing population along the coast. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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Patrons prepare their
fishing rods on deep sea
fishing boat "Sea Queen II" prior to leaving the
Ocean Street docks in Hyannis Harbor Oct. 1, 2009 on Cape Cod in Barnstable, Mass. (AP Photo/Benny Snyder)
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In this July 10, 2009 file photo, Jane Lubchenco, head of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stands on a dock in the Port of Newport, Ore. Lubchenco is encouraging regional
fishing councils to adopt a new management system known as catch share as they work to end overfishing in U.S.
ocean waters by 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
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In this photo taken Aug. 22, 2009 lobstermen haul their traps during a foggy morning. The 2009 Ecosystem Status Report says the makeup of the
ocean waters off the Northeast has been fundamentally altered because of climate change, heavy commercial
fishing pressure and a growing population along the coast. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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