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West Coast sardine fishing closed for 4th year; ‘alarming’ 97% population decline

Sardine fishing nets will remain empty for a fourth straight year along the West Coast, where biologists are comparing the dramatic decline of the schooling fish to the infamous collapse that led to the downfall of Monterey’s once-thriving Cannery Row.   

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