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We are literally eating the oceans alive and there are simply not enough fish to continue to feed an ever expanding population of humanity.

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Paul Watson
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 2
Activist
Environmentalist
Naval Officer
Sailor
City of Toronto
Paul Franklin Watson
Humanity
Literally
Alive
Fish
Ever
Fishes
Enough
Population
Ocean
Continue
Oceans
Eating
Expanding
Simply
Feed

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