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Of fish and folk Fish and human societies have had special connections for millennia. The fabricof this relationship has many strands. For one thing, fish is an important source of food for millions ofpeople, supplying proteins and minerals in a combination offered by almost no other foodstuff. Althoughthe industrialization of fishing has led to the loss of many jobs over the years, around 50 million peopleworldwide still earn their living by catching fish.