41.   Now scientists are pleading for a let-up in commercial fishing to bring those species back from the brink of extinction.

42.   On Wednesday, a House vote on commercial fishing showed surprisingly broad support for an environmental cause.

43.   Recent decisions by Canada and Greenland to close down commercial fishing for Atlantic salmon originating in North American rivers are thus cause for celebration.

44.   Restrictions on commercial fishing over bycatch are extremely unusual.

45.   Several animal protection groups have called for permanent closure of waters off Padre Island to commercial fishing and shrimping.

46.   Stripers have come back because commercial fishing was severely restricted.

47.   The actions are only the latest sign of a broad crisis in commercial fishing, both in the United States and abroad.

48.   The authorities banned commercial fishing and advised people not to eat striped bass caught in the river.

49.   The collapse of fish populations is occurring, said the study, because the population of fish that people eat continues to decrease while commercial fishing continues to rise.

50.   The commercial fishermen insist it would be unfair to ban commercial fishing while recreational angling is allowed to continue.