John White's map of the Atlantic coast of North Carolina and Virginia, 1500s.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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Britain's Prince William, left, inspects a
fish found in the deep
ocean at depths as low as 5000 meters (16, 404 feet) with Dr. Alan Williams from the Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, onboard the oceanographic research vessel Southern Surveyor at Garden Island Naval base, in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Himbrechts, Pool)
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Britain's Prince William, left, inspects a
fish found in the deep
ocean at depths as low as 5000 meters (16, 404 feet) with Dr. Alan Williams from the Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, onboard the oceanographic research vessel Southern Surveyor at Garden Island Naval base, in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Himbrechts, Pool)
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Fishing boat hauling in nets by moonlight, 1850s.
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Cod fishermen hauling in hand-lines from the deck of a boat on the North Atlantic, 1800s.
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.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration. (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo, Kenyan fishermen sail of for a day of
fishing in a dhow in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo, a Kenyan fisherman prepares bait before starting a day of
fishing in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 24, 2009 photo, a Kenyan fishermen yawns in a freezer packed with
fish in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo a Kenyan fisherman struggles to lift a
fish from the water in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo a Kenyan fisherman prepares bait before starting a day of
fishing in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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Fishermen in a dory on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland, 1880s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration. (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 24, 2009 photo, a Kenyan fisherman, second from left, helps South African sports fisherman Quintin Maine, left, to carry a barracuda caught by Maine in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 24, 2009 photo, Kenyan fishermen carry sailfish and barracuda caught by South African sports fishermen in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 24, 2009 photo, South African sports fisherman Quintin Maine poses beside a sailfish he caught in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo, South African sports fisherman Quintin Maine poses beside a sailfish he caught in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 24, 2009 photo, a cat eats from a sailfish caught by a South African sports fisherman in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 24, 2009 photo, sailfish is stored in a freezer in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo a Kenyan fisherman carries a barracuda on shore in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 11 ** In this Nov. 25, 2009 photo Kenyan fishermen offload their catch in Malindi, Kenya. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the
ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighboring Kenya say, the trawlers are not coming because of pirates, leaving more
fish. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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Waves break near a
fishing pier in
Ocean City, Md. Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, as a Nor'easter bears down on the coast. (AP Photo/Todd Dudek)
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Waves break near a
fishing pier in
Ocean City, Md. Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, as a Nor'easter bears down on the coast. (AP Photo/Todd Dudek)
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Lobstermen hauling traps off the coast of Maine, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration. (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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The way the Indians
fished, using spears and dugout canoes, Virginia Colony, 1500s
Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a John White illustration. (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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A
fishing boat is seen surrounded by sea ice on the coast of Qinhuangdao city, north Chinas Hebei province, 10 January 2010.
The most severe icing situation in the past 30 years in the coast off east Chinas Shandong Province continued to worsen amid cold snaps,
oceanic officials said. Sea ice appeared last week along the coastline of the Bohai Sea and northern Yellow Sea as cold fronts pushed the temperature down to minus 10 degrees Celsius, said Guo Kecai, deputy general engineer of the North China Sea Branch (NCSB) of the State
Oceanic Administration. The outer edge of the ice sheets in the Liaodong Bay, Bohai Bay and northern Yellow Sea extended 60 nautical miles, 15.5 nautical miles and 20 nautical miles, respectively, according to the NCSB.(Imaginechina via AP Images)
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Fishing boats are seen surrounded by sea ice on the coast of Yantai city, east Chinas Shandong province, 11 January 2010.
The most severe icing situation in the past 30 years in the coast off east Chinas Shandong Province continued to worsen amid cold snaps,
oceanic officials said. Sea ice appeared last week along the coastline of the Bohai Sea and northern Yellow Sea as cold fronts pushed the temperature down to minus 10 degrees Celsius, said Guo Kecai, deputy general engineer of the North China Sea Branch (NCSB) of the State
Oceanic Administration. The outer edge of the ice sheets in the Liaodong Bay, Bohai Bay and northern Yellow Sea extended 60 nautical miles, 15.5 nautical miles and 20 nautical miles, respectively, according to the NCSB.(Imaginechina via AP Images)
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Fishing boats are seen surrounded by sea ice on the coast of Yantai city, east Chinas Shandong province, 11 January 2010.
The most severe icing situation in the past 30 years in the coast off east Chinas Shandong Province continued to worsen amid cold snaps,
oceanic officials said. Sea ice appeared last week along the coastline of the Bohai Sea and northern Yellow Sea as cold fronts pushed the temperature down to minus 10 degrees Celsius, said Guo Kecai, deputy general engineer of the North China Sea Branch (NCSB) of the State
Oceanic Administration. The outer edge of the ice sheets in the Liaodong Bay, Bohai Bay and northern Yellow Sea extended 60 nautical miles, 15.5 nautical miles and 20 nautical miles, respectively, according to the NCSB.(Imaginechina via AP Images)
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Fishing boats are seen surrounded by sea ice on the coast of Yantai city, east Chinas Shandong province, 11 January 2010.
The most severe icing situation in the past 30 years in the coast off east Chinas Shandong Province continued to worsen amid cold snaps,
oceanic officials said. Sea ice appeared last week along the coastline of the Bohai Sea and northern Yellow Sea as cold fronts pushed the temperature down to minus 10 degrees Celsius, said Guo Kecai, deputy general engineer of the North China Sea Branch (NCSB) of the State
Oceanic Administration. The outer edge of the ice sheets in the Liaodong Bay, Bohai Bay and northern Yellow Sea extended 60 nautical miles, 15.5 nautical miles and 20 nautical miles, respectively, according to the NCSB.(Imaginechina via AP Images)
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Fishing boats are seen surrounded by sea ice on the coast of Yantai city, east Chinas Shandong province, 11 January 2010.
The most severe icing situation in the past 30 years in the coast off east Chinas Shandong Province continued to worsen amid cold snaps,
oceanic officials said. Sea ice appeared last week along the coastline of the Bohai Sea and northern Yellow Sea as cold fronts pushed the temperature down to minus 10 degrees Celsius, said Guo Kecai, deputy general engineer of the North China Sea Branch (NCSB) of the State
Oceanic Administration. The outer edge of the ice sheets in the Liaodong Bay, Bohai Bay and northern Yellow Sea extended 60 nautical miles, 15.5 nautical miles and 20 nautical miles, respectively, according to the NCSB.(Imaginechina via AP Images)
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Fishing boats are seen stuck by sea ice on the coast of Lianyungang city, east Chinas Jiangsu province, 13 January 2010.
The most severe icing situation in the past 30 years in the coast off east Chinas Shandong Province continued to worsen amid cold snaps,
oceanic officials said. Sea ice appeared last week along the coastline of the Bohai Sea and northern Yellow Sea as cold fronts pushed the temperature down to minus 10 degrees Celsius, said Guo Kecai, deputy general engineer of the North China Sea Branch (NCSB) of the State
Oceanic Administration. The outer edge of the ice sheets in the Liaodong Bay, Bohai Bay and northern Yellow Sea extended 60 nautical miles, 15.5 nautical miles and 20 nautical miles, respectively, according to the NCSB.(Imaginechina via AP Images)
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This Sept. 2, 2009 photo shows
fishing trawlers at the dock in Brookings-Harbor, Ore. The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday it is ramping up efforts to help fisheries managers adopt a system known as catch share, which is designed to end the race for
fish that has resulted in so many stocks in trouble. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
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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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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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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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South Sea whaling in the 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration. (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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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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Native Americans around a fire on the Virginia/North Carolina coast, 1500s.
Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration from Hariot. (North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images)
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The deep sea
fishing boat "Sea Queen II" leaves the
Ocean Street docks in Hyannis Harbor Oct. 1, 2009 on Cape Cod in Barnstable, Mass. (AP Photo/Benny Snyder)
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The deep sea
fishing boat "Sea Queen II" sits at the
Ocean Street docks in Hyannis Harbor Oct. 1, 2009 on Cape Cod in Barnstable, Mass. (AP Photo/Benny Snyder)
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The commercial
fishing vessel "Jenna Lee," sits docked in Hyannis Harbor Oct. 1, 2009 on Cape Cod in Barnstable, Mass. The famous Baxter's
Fish n' Chips restaurant is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Benny Snyder)
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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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FILE - 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, File) ** zu unserem KORR. **
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FILE - 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, File) ** zu unserem KORR. **
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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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