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Of course overfishing is bad but that doesn’t mean we should stop eating fish altogether.
by throwaway1777 4y ago
Of course overfishing is bad but that doesn’t mean we should stop eating fish altogether.
- parker_mountain 4y agoI find this to be a false dichotomy of a statement: "either we eat fish or we don't". Unfortunately, supply and demand are clashing here - overfishing is a real and tangible problem! The most likely path forward, and third option, is farmed fish and other seafood. One such company making excellent in-roads is TransparentSea, a pretty cool shrimp farming operation. Too bad I think shrimp are disgusting, lol. Farmed tilapia it is for me!
- throw827474737 4y agoBecause there is stuff in them we cannot replace, or why is that?
- formerkrogemp 4y agoWe should stop eating fish that has collapsed populations. We should have more marine reserves and marine biology research and continue to scale up fish farming. However, overfishing will continue more or less unabated unless it's handled at an international level, which for geopolitical reasons doesn't seem to be happening. Once fish populations recover we should allow limited fishing, but I think many fish populations are basically doomed at this point or irretrievably genetically altered.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoSmaller fish like herring seem better. They accumulate less heavy metals, and I think their natural populations are healthier than the big fish.
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- Lio 4y agoSo are you suggesting we keep eating them until they go extinct? That seems short sighted to say the least.
- sokoloff 4y agoHow could you read that as their most-likely (not even most-charitable) intended meaning when they start with "Of course overfishing is bad"? Surely, fishing to the point of extinction would be an example of over-fishing, right?