By Albert Lin
Summary:
In the ocean, thousands of fish are being killed at an dramatic by both other fish and humans. In order to solve part of the problem, fish the size of a wheel from a wheelbarrow are being actioned. Since some fish, such as tuna, must eat equal amount of fish equal to their own weight, killing huge fish will help reduce the worlds seafood print. The real problem that effects the population of fish are fishermen. Even if there were half the amount of fishing equipment right now, we would still be catching to much fish. Daniel Pauly, a fisheries scientist at the University of British Columbia, believes that possible solutions are reducing the world's fishing fleets by fifty percent, creating larger no-catch zones, and limit the use of wild fish as food in fish-farming. However, the seafood industry will not change any rules about fishing.
Discussion:
I chose this article because it interested me about possible ways to prevent the decreasing population of fish. Also, the fact that the seafood industry will not change any regulations even though the population of fish are decreasing. In addition, there are still to many fish caught, so adding some restrictions should not affect the amount of fish caught much. I agree with Pauly, there should be stricter rules about fishing because we are fishing to much that will cause fish to become extinct.
Questions:
What other possibilities are there in order to reduce the seafood print?
How can consumers change the way they eat fish so that not as many fish would be caught?
Sources:
Greenburg, Paul. "Time for a Sea Change." National Geographic. N.p., n.d. Web. 7
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Interesting blog, but what is a seafood print? All we need to do is encourage other types of meat or food sources. For example, we could have a week where we could prevent fisherman from fishing, or ask people to refrain from buying fish. The main reason we have this problem is because fish has been proven extremely nutritious and has become a staple in most people's diet. If this was a little bit more detailed, I'm sure I could get a harder grasp of the topic, but overall your blog and topic was good. Elaborate on your thoughts and add some definitions to help the reader. Good Job (:
ReplyDeleteI think that you have a point in that we are fishing too many fish right now. In addition, I agree with the fact that it is unlikely that the fishing industry would change their rules. However, you did mention a good point that by reducing the amount of fishing ships and by creating larger no-fishing zones, we would fix this problem. I think that you could improve this blog by clarifying some terms such as seafood print.
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