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Swordfish
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Swordfish
- All swordfish fishing is considered to be unsustainable
- Atlantic swordfish in many areas are in serious decline - their breeding populations have been reduced by 50% in the last 20 years. North Atlantic swordfish is now listed as endangered
- The fishing method of longlining used to catch swordfish is associated with a high bycatch rate of turtles, marine mammals, marlin and sharks
