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I think the US is doing the right thing here. Lobster populations are going down so regulations are being enacted to limit harvesting. Lobster isn't exactly a
by anthomtb 3y ago
I think the US is doing the right thing here. Lobster populations are going down so regulations are being enacted to limit harvesting.
Lobster isn't exactly a staple food anyways. I have it maybe twice a year in a sushi roll or sandwich, which is probably more often than your average North American.
- dubcanada 3y agoIt's not exactly a staple food for you, is what you mean. I know plenty of people in fishing communities that eat lobster at the same rate you may eat hamburgers or pasta. One of my close friends growing up had a lobster fisherman father, and they ate it once a day. That and deer/moose meat was the staple food. Edit: The goal of this comment was not to say that this is incorrect, I am for this change. My goal was just to say I feel there are places where it is staple. That's it.
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- voisin 3y agoOk, but this has to be a pretty small minority, right? What percentage (or absolute numbers) of people do you think eat lobster daily, or even weekly?
- dubcanada 3y agoI guess the real question is how many people matter. Is it 1 million that we care about? 50k? 10k? Lobster is a food item, just because it is now treated as a special food item on special occasions does not mean everyone does.
- beambot 3y agoIn the context of sustainable lobster populations, total consumption is the only metric that matters -- not distribution of consumption frequency.
- BobaFloutist 3y agoI think they mean it's not a staple food for the population as a whole.
- dubcanada 3y agoI agree, it's a small amount. But you can't paint broad strokes like that. What we consider staple foods is completely different then China, Africa... The world is much larger then Canada and US.
- jjulius 3y agoDo you agree or disagree with the following sentence? Lobster is not a staple food for the majority of the world's population.
- dubcanada 3y agoI agree.
- marssaxman 3y agoIs there any food, I wonder, which is a staple for the majority of the world's population?
- rarafael 3y agoI think the biggest contenders are chicken and bread
- asadotzler 3y agoyes. rice (70% of people consuming as a staple food.) wheat. corn. potatoes. maybe cassava too.
- marssaxman 3y agoI thought rice must be the most likely, but wasn't sure where to look it up.
- tekla 3y agoI would hope that people who treat lobster as a staple food might appreciate what happens when the stocks collapse.
- chaxor 3y agoSurely you see that Amiga OS is not a popular operating system, even if the creator used it daily.
- Der_Einzige 3y agoAmiga, much like the lobster, is criminally underrated.
- autoexec 3y agoLobsters are overrated. They're bottom-feeders that in the US were originally only considered food fit for slaves, prisoners, and pigs, or as bait and fertilizer. Lobsters are intelligent creatures that feel pain. The way lobsters are boiled alive and kept starving in tanks at grocery stores and restaurants is gross. Also they're ugly.
- hungariantoast 3y agoThis is the weirdest mix of repping for lobster's rights but still shitting on them at the same time. Has real "we should euthanize all the pugs" energy but honestly I'm here for it
- hamandcheese 3y agoI suspect that as long as one's father remains a lobster fisherman, one will have lobster daily.
- jsjohnst 3y ago> Lobster isn't exactly a staple food anyways. It used to be prison food.
- MOARDONGZPLZ 3y agoRelated and worth the read: https://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf https://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf
- infecto 3y agoYou are gettign a lot of flack about the staple food comment. I don't think its even necessary. If its a wild caught species there is very little expectation to factor that in. Perhaps you can bifurcate the model between commercial and hobby fishers but not much more.