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Regardless of whether or not it was "gotcha" journalism, I learned a LOT of stuff that I didn't previously know. For example, I had no idea that the "Dolphin S
by t0mbstone 6y ago
Regardless of whether or not it was "gotcha" journalism, I learned a LOT of stuff that I didn't previously know.
For example, I had no idea that the "Dolphin Safe" label was just marketing and didn't actually represent any sort of guarantee.
When you think about it, it all makes logical sense. These fishing trawlers are dragging huge nets across the ocean to catch giant schools of fish. Who else eats that fish? Dolphins and sharks. So of course they are going to get caught in the nets along with all the other fish. This had never really occurred to me before.
It was also incredibly eye opening to find out what really happens at most fish farms. They have all these fish contained in a relatively small area and they are feeding them all the other waste fish byproducts that come from normal fishing. The farmed fish just sit there in their own filth. It's hard to believe that's a healthy or sustainable way.
I also learned that a lot of the health benefits of fish such as omega 3 oils actually originate from the algae that fish eat. This means that you can just avoid eating fish entirely and just source omega 3 oils from algae. No reason to even eat the fish.
It was also very eye opening to discover just how much more toxic the ocean is becoming over time as humans keep using it as our dumping ground.
Ultimately, there only seems to be one solution: Stop eating fish.
But that begs the question... if the ocean runs out of fish, then we have to stop eating fish, right? So if we just all stop eating fish now, how is that any better than running out of fish later? The net effect is the same!