Well, I don't like any seafood, so, on the one hand this does not affect me at all. On the other hand... this is just one more piece of data to add to the ever growing pile of how badly we are ruining the planet for any life above the level of single cell organisms. We are screwed.
Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of an estimated 1B crabs
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#32Did anyone else read this is 18 crabs and wonder what the heck was going on?
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What about farmed trout? https://www.clearsprings.com
According to clearsprings
>Farmed seafood, in general, is a sustainable option, requiring far less feed per pound compared to other farmed sources of protein like beef, pork, and chicken.
That is one advantage if true but that just means more sustainable than beef, pork, and chicken.
Is there a condition that would prevent their farming? Like the accessibility of the feed?
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I can't tell if you're being sarcastic but with this name I hope you are because it's hilarious.
It's a parody cover. That twitter account is hilarious: https://twitter.com/paprbckparadise/status/12512693961120931...
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#37This is wild to see. Especially after one of the best salmon seasons this summer in AK. Prices being high helped, but the salmon population was excellent.
Source: Family commercial fishes in AK
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Earth isn't in trouble, but we are. Earth will continue on and we'll end up as a minor footnote in the history of the planet.
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I understand your mindset, what I can't understand is why you offer religion as solace. These very real world problems won't pray themselves out. With your approach we might as well just act as if nothing is happening and be happy. That's a solution that might work for old people on their way out, but it's absurdly inadequate and insensitive for the young generations.
>With your approach we might as well just act as if nothing is happening and be happy.
That's what we're already doing, only we're not happy and the panic is making us collectively fight and make worse decisions. Calm people make better decisions than panicked people staring in the face of existential evaporation.
Re: Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of an estimated 1B crabs
#40The overfished. Simple as that. Snow crabs have been becoming smaller and smaller because the biggest ones were not living that long anymore. It happened to cod fisheries in eastern Canada and it is happening everywhere until it's too late.
No, it's not that simple. The snow crab fishery is pretty highly regulated and considered to be sustainably harvested (by NOAA, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, others). As mentioned in an another article [1] from August on the recent disappearance, there were large numbers of juveniles in 2018 and 2019. Something else is going on. Overfishing certainly may play a role, but something else is likely the primary factor.
1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/08/21/alaska-cr...