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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
that article is a joke. i am from the fishing industry in alaska and that article made no sense. most large fisheries are heavily monitored and regulated with sustainable quotas -- so its very irresponsible and misleading to use overly general language like "Seafood faces collapse"
many fisheries have been overfished before they were regulated... particularly on the east coast. thats not something that happened last week... its something that happened decades ago.
even something like this shows how mind numbingly stupid their report is:
"This century is the last century of wild seafood
Steve Palumbi "What we're highlighting is there is a finite number of stocks; we have gone through one-third, and we are going to get through the rest," he told the BBC News website."
there is nothing "finite" about seafood. in case anyone missed it in biology class... fish tend to have 1000s of babies ever year.
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I can't say PP - Just not qualified to comment on the accuracy or otherwise of the article. There is obviously some concern over the sustainabilty of fishing stocks (and a hell of a lot more) and coming from a number of research units.
It would take too long to go into it here, (it's a whole different ballgame and needs qualified/experienced opinion), but generally from both marine and critter biologists there is more than just some concern over the future of certain species (pretty much all of em). As you are aware, a change in one species can affect the other blah and ultimately force biodiversity changes.
Over the past couple of years I've been working with folks who know far more than I'll ever know about stuff like this - it has been a total education (tho still know little). Some are into critter management, others into marine life - and two others with more experience, background and resources than all of em put together. When ya have time to talk to these senior guys, they don't exactly paint a pretty picture for future years/generations.
The only aspect of marine life/management I know of is in ocean fish farming (specifically tuna). This is fine to a level, but is also problem ridden, since the viable tubular "nets" of a size to hold tons of tuna end up contaminating the surrounding area (they have to feed the things and the volumes of waste ends up screwing up other sea life - we are talking tons of shit
). Stuff farming units like that in the middle of a well-balanced marine ecosystem and the lot gets screwed.
Sure.. there is regulation of eg fishing industries, but in reality that is vague and where there is a desire for more stock/food, - they will find a way round those regulations. Other nations don't give a shit and break fishing laws and regulations while the regulators look on.