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

"Jon Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "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
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> 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

"Gluttony denotes, not any desire of eating and drinking, but an inordinate
desire... leaving the order of reason, wherein the good of moral virtue
consists." (2, 148, ad 1)  - Medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas

> 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.

Fish suffer horribly too.

> 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.

It's high time people were properly informed about diet and nutrition.
By 'properly', I mean prime time t.v, instead of fast-food ads please,
and in every class in every school, and by every health professional.

> 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.

Greed: "it is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, inasmuch as man
condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." (2, 118, ad 1)
 - Thomas Aquinas