One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN report
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Re: One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN report
#2> The FAO reports that 35% of global catches are wasted. About a quarter of these losses are bycatch or discards, mostly from trawlers, where unwanted fish are thrown back dead because they are too small or an unwanted species. But most of the losses are due to a lack of knowledge or equipment, such as refrigeration or ice-makers, needed to keep fish fresh.
This is so depressing...
Re: One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN report
#3> The FAO reports that 35% of global catches are wasted. About a quarter of these losses are bycatch or discards, mostly from trawlers, where unwanted fish are thrown back dead because they are too small or an unwanted species. But most of the losses are due to a lack of knowledge or equipment, such as refrigeration or ice-makers, needed to keep fish fresh. This is so depressing...
We are a disease...
Re: One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN report
#4> The FAO reports that 35% of global catches are wasted. About a quarter of these losses are bycatch or discards, mostly from trawlers, where unwanted fish are thrown back dead because they are too small or an unwanted species. But most of the losses are due to a lack of knowledge or equipment, such as refrigeration or ice-makers, needed to keep fish fresh. This is so depressing...
Ayup. I stopped eating fish because I just imagine those huge drift nets grabbing up everything that's out there. I know that Asians are the worst offenders, but still.
I still eat hamburgers though.
Re: One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN report
#5One of the more depressing things to read, is how back in the early days of America, one could just reach into the river/sea and grab a fish.
E.g. lobsters were once so plentiful that native americans used them as fertilizer[0]. And there's photographic evidence of overfishing too. [1] is a nice NPR piece about how the largest catch of the year at a particular spot in Florida has been dwindling.
[0] - http://www.gma.org/lobsters/allaboutlobsters/lobsterhistory....
[1] - https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/02/05/257046530/b...
Re: One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN report
#6A huge amount of the plastic in the ocean is discarded fishing gear as well. [0]
[0] - https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/great-pacific-ga...
Re: One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN report
#7One of the more depressing things to read, is how back in the early days of America, one could just reach into the river/sea and grab a fish. E.g. lobsters were once so plentiful that native americans used them as fertilizer[0]. And there's photographic evidence of overfishing too. [1] is a nice NPR piece about how the largest catch of the year at a particular spot in Florida has been dwindling. [0] - http://www.gma.…
While that’s a very enlightening fact. I’m not sure how I would feel about jumping in a river and just getting swarmed by schools of fish or swimming in an ocean teeming with lobster. Still I agree that modern industrial fishing is having grave impacts on our environment and ecosystems.
Re: One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN report
#8One of the more depressing things to read, is how back in the early days of America, one could just reach into the river/sea and grab a fish. E.g. lobsters were once so plentiful that native americans used them as fertilizer[0]. And there's photographic evidence of overfishing too. [1] is a nice NPR piece about how the largest catch of the year at a particular spot in Florida has been dwindling. [0] - http://www.gma.…
While that’s a very enlightening fact. I’m not sure how I would feel about jumping in a river and just getting swarmed by schools of fish or swimming in an ocean teeming with lobster. Still I agree that modern industrial fishing is having grave impacts on our environment and ecosystems.
It's pretty sad that people are so used to lifeless rivers and oceans so they are scared of the idea.
Re: One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN report
#9> The FAO reports that 35% of global catches are wasted. About a quarter of these losses are bycatch or discards, mostly from trawlers, where unwanted fish are thrown back dead because they are too small or an unwanted species. But most of the losses are due to a lack of knowledge or equipment, such as refrigeration or ice-makers, needed to keep fish fresh. This is so depressing...
We are a disease...
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Re: One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN report
#10http://globalfishingwatch.org/map/
If you're interested to see real-time data visualization of fishing around the world that have been monitored.