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The Last of the Bluefin Tuna?

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Re: The Last of the Bluefin Tuna?

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Post by akamaka »

rrhyne wrote: post #9

All fish are being caught faster than they can reproduce. I've experienced it first hand having fished offshore for 20 years. In those 20 years, I've seen stocks decline drastically across many, many species. Cut your fish consumption to 1/5 of your current consumption now, or you are the problem.

No, don't cut your consumption, that's just burying your head in the sand and lowering prices for someone else. This isn't a situation like reducing the amount of trash you throw out, where every little bit makes a difference. (throwing out less trash doesn't incentivize other people to throw out more.)

The only solution to protecting a limited shared resource is through agreement (government regulation and international treaties).

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Post by rjurney »

rrhyne wrote: post #9

All fish are being caught faster than they can reproduce. I've experienced it first hand having fished offshore for 20 years. In those 20 years, I've seen stocks decline drastically across many, many species. Cut your fish consumption to 1/5 of your current consumption now, or you are the problem.

Some fishes are ok, right?

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Post by hop »

rrhyne wrote: post #9

All fish are being caught faster than they can reproduce. I've experienced it first hand having fished offshore for 20 years. In those 20 years, I've seen stocks decline drastically across many, many species. Cut your fish consumption to 1/5 of your current consumption now, or you are the problem.

Farmed fish are sustainable - salmon, talapia...

Actually went to Hawaii for the first time last week caught and caught few Yellowtail and skipjack tuna of the Kona coast. They fight like hell. Ate it on the boat.

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Post by gchucky »

rjurney wrote: post #12
rrhyne wrote: post #9

All fish are being caught faster than they can reproduce. I've experienced it first hand having fished offshore for 20 years. In those 20 years, I've seen stocks decline drastically across many, many species. Cut your fish consumption to 1/5 of your current consumption now, or you are the problem.

Some fishes are ok, right?

Yes. The Monterey Bay Aquarium ranks fish based on sustainability and publishes the lists as pocket guides. I always carry it with me when I go to the market. The list is at http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx if you're interested.

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Post by streety »

hop wrote: post #13
rrhyne wrote: post #9

All fish are being caught faster than they can reproduce. I've experienced it first hand having fished offshore for 20 years. In those 20 years, I've seen stocks decline drastically across many, many species. Cut your fish consumption to 1/5 of your current consumption now, or you are the problem.

Farmed fish are sustainable - salmon, talapia... Actually went to Hawaii for the first time last week caught and caught few Yellowtail and skipjack tuna of the Kona coast. They fight like hell. Ate it on the boat.

Tilapia may well be fine as they are largely fed a plant based diet.

Salmon are fed a fish based diet. The fishmeal is obtained from less desirable fish but they're still taken from the oceans. Their stocks won't be as dangerously low but eventually they will be consumed.

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Post by aik »

duh wrote: post #3

It's too bad toro is just so god damned delicious.

Interesting. It's interesting how toro used to be the piece of the tuna that was either thrown away or the fisherman kept it because no one else wanted it. Today it's nearly a delicacy. Funny how perceptions change.

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Post by tjpick »

hop wrote: post #13
rrhyne wrote: post #9

All fish are being caught faster than they can reproduce. I've experienced it first hand having fished offshore for 20 years. In those 20 years, I've seen stocks decline drastically across many, many species. Cut your fish consumption to 1/5 of your current consumption now, or you are the problem.

Farmed fish are sustainable - salmon, talapia... Actually went to Hawaii for the first time last week caught and caught few Yellowtail and skipjack tuna of the Kona coast. They fight like hell. Ate it on the boat.

I was looking into it a while ago - remember reading that fish farms can be quite terrible for spreading disease and polluting the surrounding area. Not to mention farmed salmon being fed dye etc.

Sustainable just means they can keep on doing it. Not that it's environmentally positive.

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