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Most of the fish we commonly eat, most of the fish we know, could be gone in the next fifty years. This includes salmon, tuna, cod, swordfish, and anchovies.

— Mark Kurlansky

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All revolutions are to some degree about money.

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997)

If ever there was a fish made to endure, it is the Atlantic cod—the common fish. But it has among its predators man, an openmouthed species greedier than cod.

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997)

Politics and nationalism often play far greater roles than conservation in the decision-making process.

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997)

To a cod, ocean floors mean safety. That is why they were rendered commercially extinct by bottom draggers.

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997)

It is harder to kill off fish than mammals. But after 1,000 years of hunting the Atlantic cod, we know that it can be done.

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997)

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