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> Stopping some fishing would increase overall catches Stop fishing altogether and increase --otherwise dying-- marine life. Having particular ecosystems in t
by cies 6y ago
> Stopping some fishing would increase overall catches
Stop fishing altogether and increase --otherwise dying-- marine life.
Having particular ecosystems in the ocean is not something we can afford to miss. And the current state of over-fishing is the main reason several of them are almost out of existence.
- andai 6y agoSerious question, is the marine ecosystem more important than the one on land? Or are they at the same level?
- animal_spirits 6y agoThey are equally important in broad terms, but the ecosystems under the sea are less noticed than the ones one land and less relevant in the minds of the majority.
- nix23 6y ago>marine ecosystem more important than the one on land Yes it is, it's the biggest oxygen producer, but every ecosystem is important even that in our guts. https://eos.org/research-spotlights/worlds-biggest-oxygen-producers-living-in-swirling-ocean-waters https://eos.org/research-spotlights/worlds-biggest-oxygen-pr...
- jacknews 6y agoExactly, we should farm fish (indoors, on land, to avoid pollution). Wild populations should be left alone entirely.
- Danieru 6y agoSadly farm fishing as it stands now relies on the bulk catch of wild fishing. Farm fishing is a machine to turn unsalable tralled fish into commercially desirable delicious fish. Fish farming cannot yet exist without wild trawling.
- bjelkeman-again 6y agoIt is something which is worked on, on several fronts. Replacing fish meal and oil with insects, mussels, vegetable based products, etc. There is less fish meal and oil than a few years ago in fish feed. Here is one example of the work. My company also just got a government grant to work on this. https://www.skretting.com/en/settings/news/general-news/insect-meal-now-in-commercial-skretting-feed/ https://www.skretting.com/en/settings/news/general-news/inse...
- Danieru 6y agoThanks for the link, it looks promising!
- cies 6y ago> we should farm fish I was more driving at: let's stop consuming fish at all...
- corty 6y agoWell, let's stop consuming fish, because maritime ecosystems, stop meat because animal cruelty and global warming, stop soy because rainforests and genetic manipulation, stop rice because methane emissions, stop potatoes because neophytes in most of the world and stop lettuce because low-calorie waste of precious land. I guess that leaves us with wheat and soylent green...
- cies 6y ago> stop soy because rainforests that's only because it's used as animal feed. hence soy got a bad name. most rain forest destruction is for our live stocks. > and genetic manipulation we can just stop that by itself > stop rice because methane emissions nothing compared to emissions by live stock. not in the same league (per calorie). > stop potatoes because neophytes in most of the world never heard of that. > stop lettuce because low-calorie waste of precious land we need more than calories, lettuce provides many minerals we need. > I guess that leaves us with wheat and soylent green... not really. look for vegan/plantbased/WFPB recipes and be amazed. richt and healthy (at times) and cruelty free
- corty 6y agoAnswers like yours are just cherry-picking some approaches to support your favourite solution, veganism. There are many more of those kinds of problems, stemming from a common one, overpopulation. Any linear approach reducing consumption of something glosses over the fact that world population is still in exponential growth, and factors influencing that are barely understood and at best handwaving arguments about expected slowdowns are provided. Veganism is throwing a hotdog at a herd of hungry lions here...
- cmrx64 6y ago