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A brown bear takes a break from feasting on salmon in Kamchatka, Russia. The western Bering Sea suffers from high levels of illegal fishing and many areas are overfished. The increasing demand for salmon and salmon caviar, a delicacy in Russia and Japan, is reducing salmon populations beyond the point which they can naturally recover. Salmon habitat is also under increasing development pressure. The pristine rivers - spawning grounds for salmon - and surrounding landscape are being cut by roads and infrastructure for development. Bears are being threatened not only by poaching but by a dwindling food source.

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A brown bear takes a break from feasting on salmon in Kamchatka, Russia. The western Bering Sea suffers from high levels of illegal fishing and many areas are overfished. The increasing demand for salmon and salmon caviar, a delicacy in Russia and Japan, is reducing salmon populations beyond the point which they can naturally recover. Salmon habitat is also under increasing development pressure. The pristine rivers - spawning grounds for salmon - and surrounding landscape are being cut by roads and infrastructure for development. Bears are being threatened not only by poaching but by a dwindling food source.