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Hoki Fish, Orange Roughy, Filet-O-Fish, and the Crashing Fishery
Inside your Filet-O-Fish sandwich is hoki, a rather ugly fish found in the deep waters of New Zealand. It had been praised for it's sustainable fishery management, as a substitute for orange roughy. However, the... Mistubishi Corporation Hoards Tons of Endangered Bluefin Tuna
Japanese mega-corporation Mitsubishi is alleged to have been hoarding and freezing thousand of tons of bluefin tuna. Estimates are that Mistubishi controls between 35 and 40 percent of the 60,000 tons caught... Reef fish ‘being eaten to extinction’
The seas off northern Borneo and southern Phillipines are rich in marine life. But the region is also serverely over-fished. Chinese diners and "eating" tourists have proved to be culprits. " This fierce appetite... Starving in the Bering Sea
Let us not stand by, witnessing the massive collapse of the Bering Sea ecosystem. It would be like doing nothing when you discover you have lymph cancer! The earth is our body - our habitat, and when part...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 50 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago
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243 views | 26 recommendations | 3 comments
SHUT UP AND FISH!
We will empty the oceans shortly if we go on like this. All around the globe fish stocks are being depleted at an alarming rate. Europe's North Sea's coast is home ground for a number one sport fish ánd the... Ocean Robbery- Pirates targetting Africa
"There is a kind of theft that happens every day in a majority of the world's poor countries - and in many of the richer ones too. It usually happens out of sight, and most perpetrators get away with it. The...
created by whitesideddolphin | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
307 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
307 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
Overfishing depleting world's stock
A recent Guardian article highlights how the world's fish stocks are being depleted by wasteful practices of industrial-scale fishing.The writer cites stats that highlight these wasteful but standard industrial... Britain's sushi craving puts Japan's fish stocks under strain
The British love their sushi. They love it so much that their mass consumption of raw fish, especially convenient take-out 'supermarket sushi' may be straining worldwide fish stocks, and could result in the... Big Eye Tuna Stocks Depleting Worldwide
Big eye tuna, a prime source for Japanese restaurants worldwide
serving sushie and sashimi are on the verge of collapse from
overfishing, a report said. A collapse would have a profound effect on
fishing fleets as well as on processing and trading industries in Japan
and... Shark Population - Facing Serious Threat
One third of more than five hundred shark species are threatened with extinction according to World Conservation Union. Many species of shark are facing a grave threat to their existence because of worldwide fishing trends. Fishermen used to cut the lines and let the...Shark Population - Facing Serious Threat
One third of more than five hundred shark species are threatened with extinction according to World Conservation Union. Many species of shark are facing a grave threat to their existence because of worldwide fishing trends. Fishermen used to cut the lines and let...If sharks were baby seals, our oceans could be saved
The shark population is diminishing, and has been on a steady decline since 1970, if not before. This is largely due to the popularity of shark meat and fins, which has in recent years spread to North America in a...What Will it Take to Stop Overfishing? Complete Collapse
""I was shocked and disturbed by how consistent these trends are â beyond anything we suspected," Worm said. While the study focused on the oceans, concerns have been expressed by ecologists about threats to...
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