fighting over the few fish left in a polluted sea

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JA24Ak03.html


Turkish-Greek dispute rocks the boats


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Pollution and over-fishing have depleted stocks, making good catches less frequent. According to statistics released by the Deniztemiz-Turmepa Association in 2002, the Aegean was then already being used as a dumping ground for unrefined waste, including human effluent, organic material, heavy metals, detergents and acidic matter.

The report highlighted the negative contribution that each littoral country was making, "In Turkey, there are 14 different points of discharge; seven rivers, six resorts and one industrial area. This is equal to the pollution caused by 10 million people. In Greece, it was estimated that the pollution was equal to the waste caused by 7.5 million people. The total pollution caused by both countries was equal to waste produced by 20 million people."

The relative scarcity of good fish has pushed Greek fishermen to keep testing the waters around Kardak. In December 2007, eight Greek fishing boats dropping nets around Kardak brought the Turkish and Greek coast guard vessels bow-to-bow.
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more and more fighting over less and less