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How there are any fish reserves left at all is beyond belief. The fact that the Earth hasn't imploded yet is weird.

gameswithgo 6y ago
it is a close thing right now, on many fronts.
magicsmoke 6y ago
If countries want to preserve their fishing stocks for local fishermen they'll have to set fishing quotas or no fish zones within their EEZs like the article suggests. But fish have no conception of EEZ boundaries and the moment they wander outside they're free game for Chinese DWF fleets. From China's view, if foreign countries want big EEZs, they can shoulder the cost of maintaining the fishing grounds inside. Looks like the real solution is to genetically modify fish so they always stay within 200 nm of land.
- jacobush 6y ago
  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27129727 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27129727 "Czech deer still avoid Iron Curtain"
3131s 6y ago
Give it 10 or 20 years, we're rapidly killing off many species. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction
- londons_explore 6y ago
  Humans alive today don't have much worse lives because of our killing of the Mammoth, the dodo, or the giant sloth. Humans alive in 2000 years also won't have much worse lives. It'll be a sidenote in biology class "Did you know, there used to be many different types of animal roaming freely, but now there are just two types left, cats and dogs.".
  - Reimersholme 6y ago
    ...and the nr. 1 hit movie Meghalayan Park is about a theme park recreating lions and wolves, that then escape and eat the park visitors.
  - 3131s 6y ago
    Dumb humans. Is your comment serious?
    - londons_explore 6y ago
      In a way, yes. Humans who don't have something don't know how great it was or what they're missing. Perhaps your ancestors could have told you how awesome it was to ride mammoths into the sunset... But those ancestors are no longer around and we think of them as mostly theoretical creatures.

it is a close thing right now, on many fronts.

If countries want to preserve their fishing stocks for local fishermen they'll have to set fishing quotas or no fish zones within their EEZs like the article suggests. But fish have no conception of EEZ boundaries and the moment they wander outside they're free game for Chinese DWF fleets. From China's view, if foreign countries want big EEZs, they can shoulder the cost of maintaining the fishing grounds inside. Looks like the real solution is to genetically modify fish so they always stay within 200 nm of land.

jacobush 6y ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27129727 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27129727 "Czech deer still avoid Iron Curtain"

3131s 6y ago

Give it 10 or 20 years, we're rapidly killing off many species. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction

londons_explore 6y ago
Humans alive today don't have much worse lives because of our killing of the Mammoth, the dodo, or the giant sloth. Humans alive in 2000 years also won't have much worse lives. It'll be a sidenote in biology class "Did you know, there used to be many different types of animal roaming freely, but now there are just two types left, cats and dogs.".
- Reimersholme 6y ago
  ...and the nr. 1 hit movie Meghalayan Park is about a theme park recreating lions and wolves, that then escape and eat the park visitors.
- 3131s 6y ago
  Dumb humans. Is your comment serious?
  - londons_explore 6y ago
    In a way, yes. Humans who don't have something don't know how great it was or what they're missing. Perhaps your ancestors could have told you how awesome it was to ride mammoths into the sunset... But those ancestors are no longer around and we think of them as mostly theoretical creatures.