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Within the houses near the beach, outside the village, an unbearable stench that no sense of smell could ever get used to has spread for decades in Guaymas , Sonora ...
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Fishing industries in northern Mexico are hurting the sardine population
Uncontrolled activity led to a decrease in the sardine population, a key species to the environmental equilibrium, mostly due to the farming industry’s growing demand for fish meal in the cattle fattening process - Photo: Alejandro Rocha/EL UNIVERSAL
Between the years of 1988 and 1989, fishing efforts (by number of days in which fishing boats were put to use) were highest, though they began declining the following year until reaching a historic low point in the early 1990s - Photo: Alejandro Rocha/EL UNIVERSAL
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On average, 553,000 tons of sardine are extracted in Mexico every year, which accounts for 42% of national fishing, generating 480 million pesos, according to the National Commission - Photo: Alejandro Rocha/EL UNIVERSAL
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75% of sardine captures go fish meal production, while 80,000 tons end up in 3 million cans of sardines ever year, according to an analysis by Gonzalo Yurkievich and Álvaro Sánchez, entitled “Territorial Structure of Fishing Activities in Guaymas, Sonora,” (UNAM, 2016) - Photo: Alejandro Rocha/EL UNIVERSAL
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