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People, Fish, SALMON FISHING MYTH AND LEGEND 82-83 ENDANGERED SPECIES 88-89
The salmon industry has
become a true economic and LARGE-SCALE CATCH 84-85 DRAMATIC DECLINE 90-91
social phenomenon.
and Amphibians LURE, FLIES, AND BAIT 86-87
he future of many fish and cultivated by humans. In other areas acid amphibians (more than 5,000 species of culprit, it is possible that a little-known
amphibians is uncertain rain is affecting the wildlife of lakes, frogs, toads, salamanders, and aggressor—a recently identified illness
because some species face rivers, and oceans. Fish in particular are caecilians), one third of all species are caused by a chytrid fungus—could be
fishing nets, loss of habitat, and very sensitive to chemical substances in endangered. Even though experts the quickest killer of all. Many similar
T the invasion of species the water. As for the world population of identify loss of habitat as the main facts and figures are quite surprising.
