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Emptying the oceans of krill isn't a very good idea either unfortunately, and that's pretty much what we're doing.
by codr7 2y ago
Emptying the oceans of krill isn't a very good idea either unfortunately, and that's pretty much what we're doing.
- BenjiWiebe 2y agoSome skimming of Wikipedia suggests that our total annual krill harvest is about 1/950th of the amount that predators eat of the main krill species per year. Also usually the smaller the animal / the farther down the food chain, the faster they reproduce. And some more reading of Wikipedia suggests that krill can reproduce very quickly.
- codr7 2y agoThat's one perspective. I worked at a Norwegian company that ran 5 huge ships gulping krill 24/7 in the arctic region. Once you see the scale of operation, it becomes pretty obvious it's a problem, and I'm pretty sure those numbers are manipulated to hide it.