Re: Call To Ban All Fishing In 1/3 Of World's Seas

"pearl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Call To Ban All Fishing In 1/3 Of World's Seas
> By Severin Carrell
> The Independent - UK
> 8-30-03
>
> All fishing should be banned in a third of the world's oceans
> to reverse a catastrophic decline in fish stocks such as cod
> and tuna, British scientists have warned.
>
> In a new study, they recommend that large areas of ocean,
> including the North Sea, around the Falklands, and the Gulf
> of California, should be made into legally protected marine
> reserves, policed by naval patrols and satellites.
>
> The dramatic proposal - expected to be endorsed by an
> international conference on wildlife reserves next month -
> follows mounting alarm about the worldwide collapse of fish,
> dolphin, whale and turtle populations, and the destruction of
> ancient coral reefs.   ......'
>
> http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=438723
> or
> http://rense.com/general40/seas.htm

This is a good wake-up call maybe, about how much food humans consume, the
degree humans can degrade ecology, and possibly questioning humans
eliminating species... and maybe even the question of using them as tools

>From what i've read, there's much less harm done in the process of killing
fish, compared to the suffering of chickens, pigs, calves (veal -
inseparable from the dairy industry- cows only lactate because of pregnancy,
like humans), and hens for eggs.
It might be the case that if there is a ban on fish, many people will
replace the fish flesh with the flesh of other animals.... if the
authorities would be promoting consuming more plant foods, i'd support it
strongly.

Scarey stuff, seen a lot on the state of the oceans and other water we
depend upon, and it's shocking that there isn't a gigantic effort to make
things better.  Though as long as elected officials owe favors to the
industry groups who have donated large amounts of money... gov't efforts
aren't likely to do anything that will reduce profits of the very industries
who are giving them money.