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> The FAO reports that 35% of global catches are wasted. About a quarter of these losses are bycatch or discards, mostly from trawlers, where unwanted fish are
by purephase 8y ago
> The FAO reports that 35% of global catches are wasted. About a quarter of these losses are bycatch or discards, mostly from trawlers, where unwanted fish are thrown back dead because they are too small or an unwanted species. But most of the losses are due to a lack of knowledge or equipment, such as refrigeration or ice-makers, needed to keep fish fresh.
This is so depressing...
- caio1982 8y agoWe are a disease...
- dang 8y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive comments here.
- ataturk 8y agoAyup. I stopped eating fish because I just imagine those huge drift nets grabbing up everything that's out there. I know that Asians are the worst offenders, but still. I still eat hamburgers though.
- belorn 8y agoIt get worse when one consider that wanted species is only a tiny fraction of the fish population, while invasive or overpopulated species continue to cause problems because they are so unwanted that the most economical thing a fisherman can do is to dump them back into the water.
- emodendroket 8y agoAs I understand it it's pretty controversial to promote fishing invasive species, because the concern is it could motivate people to deliberately cause the invasive species to spread.
- belorn 8y agoHere in Sweden we have a invasive species called signal crayfish that carries the Crayfish plague. People do eat the signal crayfish and I have only seen encouragement to promote aggressive fishing of it. The voices of concern is against illegal implantation, but those have (to what I have heard) been mostly of a cautionary nature about people who unknowingly spread the invasive type into lakes which so far has been spared. The European crayfish is seen as more traditional correct so the beside getting devastated from the plague it is also rather heavily fished. Getting people to stop and only go after the invasive one would be a huge win, but as the trend is currently it look like the European crayfish is going to get extinct. A very clear example where a change in what kind of species we buy would have a positive effect rather than a stop.