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[–] drmoose 140 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The fact that "mommy, what's a ?" future is becoming a reality should be a fucking emberassment for all of us. Yet no one will pause their fish consumption because "it's tasty". The earth is being killed for literal entertainment.

[–] riodoro1 33 points 1 year ago

But muh traditional cuisine.

People are too stupid to realize that what worked for us 50 years ago doesnt anymore because there is almost three times as many of us.

Still, every country out there is promoting breeding and having children. Everyone is trying to save our species from extinction as we’re surpassing 10 billion in numbers.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I stopped eating fish many years ago and mention ecosystem collapse, overfishing a d bycatch to whomever asks me why (or when I feel like it).

The most I think I've done is gotten one friend to reduce their fish consumption.

Humans do not care.

[–] azdood85 10 points 1 year ago

Doesnt matter what we do as individuals when some nations Cough China Cough have entire fleets of state sanctioned and sponsored illegal fishing/trawling poachers.

You can literally watch hundreds of them gathered on the MarineTraffic app and thats only the ones being tracked.

They just go planet to planet like locusts consuming all the resources and then moving on. Whoops, got a little carried away there. But you get the idea.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I thought this story was satire for a second. Now I'm sad 😢

[–] rayrven 6 points 1 year ago

100% accurate - I feel its an unfortunate future we will see during our generation itself

[–] FlyingSquid 6 points 1 year ago

Polar bears have no future with an ice-free arctic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"mommy, what's a ~~<~~ animal ~~>~~?

[–] InverseParallax -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Farmed fish is fine, it's wild catch that's the problem.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Farmed fish are fed fishmeal derived from wild catch.

[–] gerbler 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They also destroy the local ecosystems where the farms are positioned. The excessive consumption we're accustomed to is the problem. But good luck stopping that because line must go up exponentially.

[–] InverseParallax 3 points 1 year ago

They're fed many things, mostly soy pellets, but you're correct they do need some protein supplements.

That's like saying solar panels require plastics from oil therefore they're pointless, we just need to improve the process to minimize wild catch inputs.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] InverseParallax -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm sorry this argument is utterly stupid, by this logic we shouldn't grow vegetables either.

This is the kind of quick talking points some PR intern throws together overnight for cheap because his boss needs to pitch against some bill or more likely try to keep the wild quotas high by arguing that their harvest is the actually sustainable model. You need to learn how to read these K-street pitches, or they'll spin you to believing up is down and good is evil.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wild catch is fine when quotas are respected

(But they aren't)

[–] InverseParallax 1 points 1 year ago

I think we're past the point where we can do wild catch for most stocks until they've had a decade to recover.