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[–] Numberone@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

It isn't really profitable. The meat isn't really in demand and they harvest far fewer than the limit that's set by the government. This interview with a wailer from freakenomics was interesting and touched on a lot of these issues.

Here is the freakanomics episode