Freshwater fish in “catastrophic” decline, one-third face extinction

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Thousands of fish species are facing “catastrophic” decline — threatening the health, food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people around the world. New research shows that one-third of all freshwater fish nowface extinction.a rocky beach next to a body of water: GREECE-ENVIRONMENT© SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty ImagesGREECE-ENVIRONMENT

According toa reportpublished Tuesday by 16 global conservation groups, 18,075 species of freshwater fish inhabit our oceans, accounting for over half of the world’s total fish species and a quarter of all vertebrates on Earth. Thisbiodiversityis critical to maintaining not only the health of the planet, but the economic prosperity of communities worldwide.https://products.gobankingrates.com/r/e48f149e71a19f66115d5f5c8edaefd8?subid=

About 200 million people across Asia, Africa and South America rely on freshwater fishers for their main source of protein, researchers said in“The World’s Forgotten Fishes”report. About one-third of those people also rely…

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