80 Year-Old Bookkeeping Error Causes First Species to be Fished to Extinction

From Treehugger:

The Almost-Extinct Flapper Skate. Photo via the Telegraph

Everyone has no doubt heard about how fisheries around the world are in grave danger of being fished into oblivion. Countless species are currently threatened by overfishing, and environmentalists work fiercely to prevent victims like sharks and tuna from disappearing--but no one suspected that a common skate would be the first to go. And it turns out no one suspected anything because of a simple classification mistake made 80 years ago.

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