Which sea animal captures have grown significally since 1970?
blue whale
Atlantic cod
flounder
American lobster
In the 1990s several cod stocks collapsed due to overfishing. With the large predatory fish removed, their prey have undergone population explosions, and the capture of lobster has tripled since 1970.
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blue whale
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