The return of an old scourge reveals a deep sickness in the global fishing industry

The return of an old scourge reveals a deep sickness in the global fishing industry

By Ian Urbina

Source: bostonglobe

10/12/2023

Credit: Ben Blankenship/Outlaw Ocean Project

Chinese fishing vessels stay at sea for years at a time, forcing their crews to confront severe malnutrition. Americans who eat seafood are implicated too.

In 1889, Dr. W.S. Birge of Provincetown wrote a letter to the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal in which he reported that at least 20 fishermen had recently returned to town with a disturbing set of symptoms: shortness of breath, severe cramps and pain, and an inability to lift their legs

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