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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing Added last statistic in introduction. Some would say that illegal fishing accounts for 30% of total catches in some important fisheries.[1]

Douglas County Pollution

In Douglas County in north eastern Kansas, there is a slight pollution problem. In two thousand and two, Douglas County ranked in the top twentieth percent of most polluted county in America. The amount of toxin pollution is due to mainly the city of Lawrence where there is the Lawrence Energy Plant and the Nitrogen Plant for Farmers INDS. Inc., who also pollutes the air more than any other plant in Lawrence. Douglas County also ranks very high in the water pollution area. The other major air polluters in Douglas County are Western Resources, and the FMC Corporation. Douglas County was in the top 20% of all counties for Air Pollution in nineteen ninety nine. This was much worse than Douglas County’s neighboring county of Johnson County who has reached the top 10% of the worst counties for air pollution in 1999. However, Johnson County ranked in the top 20% cleanest of toxin pollution in 2004. [1]Water Pollution is a problem as well. In 2002 the city began using a boat to test river water in the Kansas River [2]. Lawrence, like many cities, has a problem with people dumping and using improper methods of disposal of liquids [3]