"Theres plenty more fish in the sea" - not for much longer.

[Dace]

I'm out fishing every weekend, and I consistently get "it isn't like it used to be" from the skipper.

In fairness, I believe him. It's not a shock, this 'news' just confirms a trend that has been occuring for decades.

It just remains to be seen if the governments of the world are going to take any action (in the short-term, I doubt it).

 

[Rosbif]

We should have taken the Cod war far more seriously

 

[gjrc]

I'm out fishing every weekend, and I consistently get "it isn't like it used to be" from the skipper.

In fairness, I believe him. It's not a shock, this 'news' just confirms a trend that has been occuring for decades.

It just remains to be seen if the governments of the world are going to take any action (in the short-term, I doubt it).

they will do nothing just talk about to, propose wonderful sweeping reforms which will fix everything and then never do a damn thing.

 

[Efour]

Just another nail in the coffin for the planet.

Im going to get a sandwhich board with "The end is nigh" on it and pace arround hyde park corner this sunday.

see you there.

 

[cyborg]

Does that mean we can no longer give positive advice to relationship thread starters?

"My girlfriend left me..."

"Well, unfortunately sea fish stocks are dwindling, so I would expect to mope for a while yet..."

That made me grin

 

[Mechanical Arts]

I just spent a few days in Whitby (Fri-Tues). Law's still there now - I was meant to be coming back tomorrow but something popped up

Anyhoo...

We ate at The Magpie Cafe each night.

I have NEVER eaten so much good fish; so fresh and cooked perfectly.

Including an 18oz slab of Haddock served with about 500g of thick chips fried in beef dripping, two tubs of fresh tartare sauce and half a lemon

*n

You made me hungry, I love seafood.

 

[Van Hellseek]

anyone else reminded of a certain episode of futurama?

 

[Radiation]

People need to stop placing blame and expecting governments and corporations to do what's best, and we should be living differently, at the moment its unsustainable.

 

[MiGSY]

Yep, we have abused our power. I hope that it will eventually lead to our demise, because that's what we deserve.

 

[Rosbif]

Why dont you throw yourself off a cliff and do mother earth a favour if thats how you feel?

I just hope the Haddock doesnt run out. I eat 4 fillets a day to meet my protein requirements. *kisses arms*

 

[hsp70]

fish farming as it stands isn't the answer. Taking farmed salmon as an example, their diet consists of fish and their feed is derived from the wild fish stock. You may think that that grilled salmon steak you are tucking into isn't impacting on the environment but the irony of it is, to raise that domestic salmon, more wild fish had to be caught and rendered into feed then if you were to eat wild salmon.

The fact of the matter is that, simply the human population is too large for us to maintain our lifestyle. No matter how clever we go about things, we simply demand too much resources from our environment.

 

[Goatboy]

You may think that that grilled salmon steak you are tucking into isn't impacting on the environment

It's not just salmon, to farm prawns huge areas of rainforest and cleared to make room for the pools which are then filled with a cocktail of chemicals in the hope that the prawns will thrive.

 

[Aod]

A good old fashioned human culling is needed if we're to live off the planets riches for ever.

i'm up for this.

 

[Almeda]

Yawn! Dont even get me started on this and/or the lovely scientific theory that is global warming!

A few facts.

The whole in the ozone layer has repaired itself - fact
Ice caps and glaciers in the Noridc regions have grown consistently in the last 10 years and show no signs of stopping - fact

However, I am all for stopping things before they happen, but scare tactics is all this is

 

[goreblast]

anyone else reminded of a certain episode of futurama?

Quick!

Run down to Sainsburys and buy all the Anchovies !!!

 

[goreblast]

more wild fish had to be caught and rendered into feed then if you were to eat wild salmon.

Could they not use those fish which we do not eat to make this feed? Im sure they are still plentiful in our waters.

 

[rabanthor]

The whole in the ozone layer has repaired itself - fact

Please provide a link for this, a quick search by me reveals it to be nonsense, but I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Almeda]

Please provide a link for this, a quick search by me reveals it to be nonsense, but I hope I'm wrong.

The banning of CFCs some years ago was the best measure taken to stop this 'hole' increasing. It was at its largest in 2003 (12 million sq miles) and is now roughly 10million sqaure miles in size.

I guess really I should have said the hole is repairing.

This should see you through, but there are others

http://news.com.com/Images+NASA+says+ozone+layer+is+healing/2300-11395_3-6111282.html

 

[Liverpool-Lad]

According to a news article too, a lot of 3rd world countries rely on fish as their main source of protein, so those lot are knackered if stocks dwindle.

 

[cheets64]

Those in Asia depend on fish, they are going to end up like Africa, hungry.