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> For those sharks who have perished due to becoming bycatch, this allows a unique opportunity to have their livers provide valuable products like biodiesel, sq

> For those sharks who have perished due to becoming bycatch, this allows a unique opportunity to have their livers provide valuable products like biodiesel, squalene, and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) –including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; also icosapentaenoic acid) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Afterall, the major constituents of WSLO are triglycerides (TG), diacylglycerol ethers (DAGE), and squalene. What a strange article.

darth_avocado 3y ago
“Oops, look at this shark that I totally didn’t mean to catch. Ohh well, now that it’s dead, I can maybe use the bycatch for shark fin soup.”
FrustratedMonky 3y ago
"perished due to becoming bycatch" So sorry we accidently killed you. In order to give your life some meaning, we've come up with "unique opportunity to have their livers provide valuable products"
- Simon_ORourke 3y ago
  That's all we can ask for in many careers
  - ElevenLathe 3y ago
    I doubt I will ever provide as much value as a shark liver's worth of biodiesel.
    - cgannett 3y ago
      Your employer frantically googling how much biodiesel can be produced from a human liver
- throwway120385 3y ago
  In modern capitalism your life only has meaning if you produce products.
  - randomsolutions 3y ago
    To who? As opposed to?
  - 123yawaworht456 3y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_who_does_not_work,_neither_shall_he_eat#Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_who_does_not_work,_neither_...
    - FrustratedMonky 3y ago
      That isn't an argument that Capitalism is good, or better. In Capitalism, if you don't work, you don't eat. So finding a quote about communism that says same thing, is not making any point that one is better or worse. The difference is in Communism, there should always be 'some work'. If you are willing to work, there is work. Even if it is some public works project. In Capitalism, maybe not. Nobody is looking out for you. If you don't have the skills for what is in demand right now, then so sorry, go ahead and die.
      - 123yawaworht456 3y ago
        sure. 'some work' under communism will yield you a bed and and a few bowls of gruel per day. in the US, there are 'working poor'. under communism, there are 'working poor and starving'. at the time when skilled blue collar workers in the US had two story houses and multiple cars per family, the same people in the USSR lived in communal apartments (with 3-4 people per room and 3-4 families per bathroom and kitchen) and commuted to work in overcrowded buses. even towards the end, in the 80's, after several decades of relative peace and prosperity, even engineers and scientists had a standard of living far below the level of 'working poor' in the US. having a small concrete box in a commie block and a shitty car (that you had to wait several years for the privilege of being allowed to buy for a very sizeable amount of money) was the Soviet dream.
- nonethewiser 3y ago
  This seems overly cynical. If sharks are purposefully being killed like this then thats one thing. But that’s not being alleged. If sharks are accidentally killed then it’s good that they’re making use of them to some extent. Hopefully they can make even more use of them.
  - dghlsakjg 3y ago
    They are being killed through the use of specific fishing techniques. Anyone using those techniques KNOWS that this is going to happen. Adding a financial incentive to continue harmful practices is NOT a good thing.
  - Hnrobert42 3y ago
    They could reduce the amount of bycatch, like they have with dolphins. They won’t if there is economic incentive not to.
    - refactor_master 3y ago
      But dolphins and giraffes are cute. Sharks and cattle aren’t.
      - jprd 3y ago
        Legions of toddlers demand you review the body of work from Pinkfong, and then reconsider your inclusion of sharks as "not cute".
  - causal 3y ago
    You're essentially saying that accidental shark death is bad, so we should make it on purpose. We should be punishing bycatch, not incentivizing it.
  - oregano 3y ago
    This idea really disgusts me. If an animal is “accidentally” killed then the first action should be to punish the people who did this and then take steps to ensure it does not happen again. Just allowing capitalism to continue to wreak havoc on our planet is so obviously not moral thing to do.
downWidOutaFite 3y ago
> the authors stress that is should remain a “waste” product and not create a market for increased shark fishing
- causal 3y ago
  "Damn this supply chain opened up and we need more sharks but the authors stressed that we shouldn't increase catch so I guess we won't"
  - jeremyjh 3y ago
    But gosh darn it we accidentally caught a lot more and yes, this is my new boat.
dev1ycan 3y ago
Oh wow I caught a shark, conveniently enough though, I happen to have this factory with the exact processes necessary to extract materials out of the shark.

darth_avocado 3y ago

“Oops, look at this shark that I totally didn’t mean to catch. Ohh well, now that it’s dead, I can maybe use the bycatch for shark fin soup.”

FrustratedMonky 3y ago

"perished due to becoming bycatch" So sorry we accidently killed you. In order to give your life some meaning, we've come up with "unique opportunity to have their livers provide valuable products"

Simon_ORourke 3y ago
That's all we can ask for in many careers
- ElevenLathe 3y ago
  I doubt I will ever provide as much value as a shark liver's worth of biodiesel.
  - cgannett 3y ago
    Your employer frantically googling how much biodiesel can be produced from a human liver
throwway120385 3y ago
In modern capitalism your life only has meaning if you produce products.
- randomsolutions 3y ago
  To who? As opposed to?
- 123yawaworht456 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_who_does_not_work,_neither_shall_he_eat#Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_who_does_not_work,_neither_...
  - FrustratedMonky 3y ago
    That isn't an argument that Capitalism is good, or better. In Capitalism, if you don't work, you don't eat. So finding a quote about communism that says same thing, is not making any point that one is better or worse. The difference is in Communism, there should always be 'some work'. If you are willing to work, there is work. Even if it is some public works project. In Capitalism, maybe not. Nobody is looking out for you. If you don't have the skills for what is in demand right now, then so sorry, go ahead and die.
    - 123yawaworht456 3y ago
      sure. 'some work' under communism will yield you a bed and and a few bowls of gruel per day. in the US, there are 'working poor'. under communism, there are 'working poor and starving'. at the time when skilled blue collar workers in the US had two story houses and multiple cars per family, the same people in the USSR lived in communal apartments (with 3-4 people per room and 3-4 families per bathroom and kitchen) and commuted to work in overcrowded buses. even towards the end, in the 80's, after several decades of relative peace and prosperity, even engineers and scientists had a standard of living far below the level of 'working poor' in the US. having a small concrete box in a commie block and a shitty car (that you had to wait several years for the privilege of being allowed to buy for a very sizeable amount of money) was the Soviet dream.
nonethewiser 3y ago
This seems overly cynical. If sharks are purposefully being killed like this then thats one thing. But that’s not being alleged. If sharks are accidentally killed then it’s good that they’re making use of them to some extent. Hopefully they can make even more use of them.
- dghlsakjg 3y ago
  They are being killed through the use of specific fishing techniques. Anyone using those techniques KNOWS that this is going to happen. Adding a financial incentive to continue harmful practices is NOT a good thing.
- Hnrobert42 3y ago
  They could reduce the amount of bycatch, like they have with dolphins. They won’t if there is economic incentive not to.
  - refactor_master 3y ago
    But dolphins and giraffes are cute. Sharks and cattle aren’t.
    - jprd 3y ago
      Legions of toddlers demand you review the body of work from Pinkfong, and then reconsider your inclusion of sharks as "not cute".
- causal 3y ago
  You're essentially saying that accidental shark death is bad, so we should make it on purpose. We should be punishing bycatch, not incentivizing it.
- oregano 3y ago
  This idea really disgusts me. If an animal is “accidentally” killed then the first action should be to punish the people who did this and then take steps to ensure it does not happen again. Just allowing capitalism to continue to wreak havoc on our planet is so obviously not moral thing to do.

downWidOutaFite 3y ago

> the authors stress that is should remain a “waste” product and not create a market for increased shark fishing

causal 3y ago
"Damn this supply chain opened up and we need more sharks but the authors stressed that we shouldn't increase catch so I guess we won't"
- jeremyjh 3y ago
  But gosh darn it we accidentally caught a lot more and yes, this is my new boat.

dev1ycan 3y ago

Oh wow I caught a shark, conveniently enough though, I happen to have this factory with the exact processes necessary to extract materials out of the shark.