Eating Fish Kills... Saving our Oceans.

by Paschen | January 21, 2009 at 04:13 am
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By, Uwe Paschen.

 The Way to save the Oceans, our Coral reefs and reduce the CO2. As well as increase the Oxygen production and stabilise the PH balance of the Oceans is simple and yet politically impossible to implement as long as Human are not controlled and striped of their freedom to act as they please, disregarding life and the environment.

 The latest results and compilations of recent and long term studies reveal that we could save the Coral reef and stop the acidification of our Oceans as well as increase the CO2 absorption and reduce the Methane production by simply stopping to consume Fish and other sea foods. Meaning a total moratorium on the exploitation of all commercial Fisheries, as well as a stop to the dumping of pollutants into our water wais and Oceans.

 The Study published on January the 16th, 2009, the study was conducted jointly by the University of Exeter. (UK), University of Miami (USA), University of Ottawa (Canada), University of British Columbia (Canada), Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (UK) and University of East Anglia (UK).

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) supported Dr Rod Wilson’s research.

In addition, published on 19 January 2009 by Science Daily.

 Chemical research has shown that our assumption of the Carbon cycle of the Oceans where wrong. We assumed that the main producer of Calcium Carbonate where Plankton and yet could not explain until now how the Calcium Carbonate could be found in shallower waters. Since the Plankton does sink to the seabed and often is looked into sediments for millions of years.

 Fish and not Plankton as previously believed and this due the fact that Fish continually swallow water and excrete it as well produce the Waste amount of Calcium Carbonate. This in form of soluble Calcium Carbonate making it readily available to Coral Reefs and to balance and Neutralize the Acid produced by the CO2 cycle.

 All Fish do this other then Sharks and Mata ray. Now, Fish will and are increasing their production of Calcium Carbonates due to higher oceanic temperatures, this rise in temperature does also increase  CO2 production. However the over all Fish stock is being stressed and reduced in numbers, even threaten due to over fishing and Pollution of the Oceans with Toxins, Chemicals and Hormones that do affect the fish stocks over all.

 There are today about 812 to 2050 Million tons of Fish left in the Oceans compared to 7,000 to 15,000 million tons estimated only two century ago.                         

The remaining Fish stock produces 110 million Ton of Calcium carbonate Annually. Would we repopulate the Ocean with Fish to levels as two centuries ago. We would then increase the production of Calcium Carbonates by a factor of 10 to 14. Giving us an additional 1000 to 1400 million Ton of Calcium Carbonates. This additional Calcium Carbonate would raise the PH level of the Ocean, save the Coral Reefs and increase the CO2 absorption rate as well as help cool down the over all Oceanic Temperature and increase as well as accelerate the filtration of toxins and other polluted.

 The only way to save the Oceans seems to be with a moratorium on all commercial fishing for at least 3 years. And this would have to be followed by a reduced number of fishing vessels no more then we used to have in the 18th century. The Fishing vessels seize will have to be limited as well, to what they used to be in 18th.

 The main question though is how can we possibly implement all this with out suspending Democracy it self as well as the Capitalistic profit system. Since consumer and Citizen lack the maturity and solidarity to act and live responsible and with in natures as well as in the interest of future generations.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164607.htm

 

 

 

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Miriam Mannak

Thanks for this - finally ocean acidification has become somewhat more comprehensible (writing a story about it as we speak).

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Paschen

Yes, we are starting to fill in the holes that where not explainable so far and correct some misconceptions we had or rather weed out wrong Hypothesizes now that we have evidence. 

I will be looking forward to your post on the Oceans acidification.

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Marisa Olivia

Thank you for writing about this.  I wonder how the health trend towards fish consumption is influencing this - every newpaper, magazine, etc. has been going on and on about the benefits of salmon, tuna, fish oil, etc. 

Those poor tuna swim tens of thousands of miles every mating season.  Plus, they are being caught at younger and younger ages due to overfishing, so each fish is yielding less meat, anyway.

Other than stopping fishing altogether, what are some options?  And I'm wondering how you think tougher regulations could happen in Japan?

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Paschen

The Salmon does in deed travel over great distance and endures much to procreate. 

We do need a moratorium, there is no way around it, at least for one year and then we do need to reduce the number of fishing boats as well as their size and regulate the amount allowed to be harvested. We do also have to change our food habits and adapt or face our own extinction down the road.

Japan is actually doing much to preserve fish stocks and regulate the fishery, yet not enough and Japan will have to change as well ad more rapidly and drastically as it has been doing so far, even though in Asia it is a leader far ahead of any one else. Other then the whale hunt that still remains and I did write about that last week as well. 

http://my.nowpublic.com/environment/japanese-whale-hunt-will-remain


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Art_By_Alida

I will never forget what a friend from India once told me, "If Hindus ate fish, the oceans would already be empty."

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Paschen

Well, we may have to do as Your friend and give up Fish in the interest of saving our ocean and with it our self's as well.

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Art_By_Alida

If HIndus have survived all these centuries without eating fish, then other people can do it also.

Flax seed can give the same good oils we need as much as fish.

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Paschen

No, not necessarily, Hindus have adapted as well to their diet and other have adapted to fish because they do not have the land to grow potato nor Rice or fruits, they rely on the sea. It is not all that clear cut and easy either. Japan for instance that is often plagued by Typhoon, Earthquakes and other problem has to rely on the sea on many instances or simply not eat at all... The reason why Japanese are used to eat Sushi and why it became a tradition was out of necessity. They could not cook or prepare a meal after a major disaster, all they had was Fish. 

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Art_By_Alida

good point...never thought of it that way...but people import so much food now....what if they had no fish to catch anymore?

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Amy Judd

The rise of so many sushi restaurants is also affecting the number of fish stocks in a heavy way.

Thanks for this important post.


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Paschen

It does, and they was an article a couple of month ago in the Japanese Time about that. Japan does seriously worry about Fish becoming more popular, since that means more exploitation of the sea and a faster depletion as well as another threat to the Coral Reefs.Japan is also investing in major projects to stop the pollution of the Sea and this not only in Japan, JICA has much aid and many project through out the ASEAM area to help Countries like India and Thailand to stop polluting the Sea. The problem is serious on all fronts.

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mudricky

Very important story.

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francisrivera

I second this statement. Very important indeed.

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158

Great article.

This is importantant an action needs to be taken but I see no way to stop fishing, maybe reduce but not stop.

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Barbara McPherson

Good post.  One of the disastrous modes of fishing still allowed is the bottom trawlers that not only scoop up all fish but destroy the habitat at the same time.  I'm not optimistic that we are going to turn this overfishing around in time.

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gerrypopplestone

Thanks for this, Paschen.  Some of the information you give is truly shocking.  Ive always imagined the oceans as relatively clean!  The Economist did a special supplement on Oceans recently and I was truly horrified with what they wrote.  I listened to a debate on the proposed excavation of minerals from the oceans, produced by the BBC and the contributors were all far too positive about things.  There's an international body that is supposed to manage the issues but the chair/president/biguy from that sasid everything is going well!  Thanks for warning us about the future.  I was horrifid by what you said about fish stocks!

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Art_By_Alida

I worked as a commercial fisherperson in the late 1970's and also was a scuba diver...I saw it coming way back when. Back then the Japanese would still go after tuna in US waters...they were aggressive fishermen. The whole world needs to work together to try to save what's left.

The massive fishing vessels, which Barbara McPherson speaks of, carrying 5000 workers with canneries and food processing factories on them. They stay out to sea for a long time. They kill everything with no regard for any regulation. Marine law is very complex. Mostly, they get away with killing everything and anything.

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M V Bhaskar

Hi Paschen
You say -"The only way to save the Oceans seems to be with a moratorium on all commercial fishing for at least 3 years."
I would like to disagree.Increasing fish population in ocean is very easy if our patented product NUALG is used.This causes bloom of diatoms in any type of water and diatoms are at the bottom of the food chain in the oceans and when diatom population increases, fish population increases.
diatoms require Nitrogen and phosphorus to grow and due to high water pollution, this is available in abundance in all water bodies in the world.
So if NUALGI is used many problems can be solved.Water pollution, fish yield, ocean acidification, air pollution and global warming, etc.
best regards
Bhaskar

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Paschen

I did actually write a post about some thing into that direction. I will have to look it up again. 

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