纪录片《南太平洋》 第170期 脆弱天堂（19）

Tuna fishing has grown into an eight-billion dollar industry.

金枪鱼捕捞已经发展成一项八十亿美元的产业

And over four million tonnes of tuna are caught worldwide each year, a four-fold increase in as many decades.

每年在全世界有超过四百万吨金枪鱼被捕捞 每十年增加四倍

Almost two-thirds of the catch now comes from the Pacific.

目前有几乎三分之二是来自太平洋

In the Atlantic, yellowfin catches have been shrinking since 1990.

在大西洋 黄鳍金枪鱼的捕获量 自1990年以后就一直下降

Now a similar decline has begun in the Pacific.

现在相似的减少已经在太平洋开始

Tuna need to swim constantly to keep water flowing over their gills, otherwise they can't breathe.

金枪鱼需要持续游动 使海水流过它们的鳃 否则它们不能呼吸

The fishermen want to get them out of the water as quickly as possible.

渔工要尽快地把他们弄出水

When starved of oxygen, a build-up of lactic¹ acid in their muscles causes the quality of their meat to deteriorate².

当缺氧时 它们的肌肉中会有乳酸形成 导致肉质恶化

The fish are scooped³ up from the water, a tonne or two at a time.

鱼被捞出水 每次一两吨

Every last fish from this school of 7,000 yellowfin and skipjack tuna is plucked from the water.

这个7,000尾的黄鳍金枪鱼和鲣鱼鱼群中的 每一条鱼都被拖出水面

With fishing techniques now so efficient, and with ever more vessels⁴ plying⁵ the Pacific,

今天捕渔技术的高效 加上越来越多往来于太平洋的渔船

there is real concern among biologists that even the resilient skipjack may begin to decline.

生物学家们真正担心的是 甚至恢复力强的鲣鱼也可能开始减少

1 lactic   

adj.乳汁的

参考例句：

• Now they wear rubber fingers treated with lactic acid.现在他们带上了用乳酸处理过的橡皮指套。
• Lactic acid is an important organic acid of industrial importance.乳酸是一种具有重要工业价值的有机酸。

2 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

3 scooped   

v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 )；（敏捷地）抱起；抢先获得；用铲[勺]等挖（洞等）

参考例句：

• They scooped the other newspapers by revealing the matter. 他们抢先报道了这件事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. 车轮搅起的石块，在车身下发出不吉祥的锤击声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 plying   

v.使用（工具）( ply的现在分词 )；经常供应（食物、饮料）；固定往来；经营生意

参考例句：

• All manner of hawkers and street sellers were plying their trade. 形形色色的沿街小贩都在做着自己的买卖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was rather Mrs. Wang who led the conversation, plying Miss Liu with questions. 倒是汪太太谈锋甚健，向刘小姐问长问短。 来自汉英文学 - 围城