Can the Oceans Keep Up with the Hunt? 3of3

[XIJABERWALKIX]

Why did you cut out parts? Specifically the part on how aquaculture is based off of a Chinese system?

[Pothila]

@XIJABERWALKIX I am not aware of having cut anything from this film, as I received it from Moteray Bay Seafood Watch. If you have anything to add about the system you describe this would be welcome, in writing or as a video. There is a great deal more that can be revealed and I was reasonably explicit with the material at my disposal.

[XIJABERWALKIX]

@Pothila Oh I'm not saying you tampered with anything, but we watched this in a wildlife and conservation class and it had a part on how western aquaculture is being based off of the Chinese version with Carp. I think there was another part missing about deep sea aquaculture.

[strikenetter]

to improve shrimping, quit buying imported and buy fresh local antibiotic free shrimp, buy fresh North Carolina shrimp which is sustainable, no matter how many shrimp are caught each season, the abundance of shrimp stays the same, runs in cycles, 3 to 5 decent years, with a year that is for the record books. Starts over with 3 to 5 years of decent years and so on ! Overfishing is BS. many fisheries that are sustainable are facing the brunt of regulation because interest groups want us extinct !!

[dalecampbl7]

yeah why don't they just do domestic shrimp more... i guess they will now!

[hablerz]

@strikenetter Natural shrimp is part of the food chain , overfishing of this leads to declines in predator fish. The only way forward is the wholesale farming of organic shrimp.

Shrimp farming is relatively easy and extremely profitable, that waste can even be used to grow vegetables or fed into ponds to be processed by plant life.

[strikenetter]

@hablerz The only way forward is the correct management of our natural fisheries. Shrimp populations are determined by weather, not by harvest.

[hablerz]

@strikenetter I dont believe most fisheries are ever going to be correctly managed , theres just too much profit in it. The Norweigians and Japanese still catch whales and theres not a dam thing anyone can do.

Its the same situation as the forestry business , you have a vaulable product next to a poor population the resource will be used until its gone.

The Spanish are notorious for bypasing or ignoring regulations , they just dont care and there will be many more like them.

[hablerz]

@strikenetter There may be environmental variables in shrimp numbers , but if someone comes along and catches the entire adult population it will have an effect on numbers somewhere along the line.

Shrimp fishing can in some cases create a lot of bycatch whcih is incredibly wasteful. Why not just farm them its just so much more efficient, we need to let the seas recover. We should let the natural food chains exist instead of pilliging them one by one.

[strikenetter]

@hablerz The bycatch issue? This is where correct fisheries management comes into play. There are numerous methods in which to harvest shrimp with no bycatch. Cast nets, trawls in which the total catch is placed into a live tank and then separated ensuring the survival of unwanted species. All we need is management, not the extinction of the fishermen which is all fisheries management seems to be doing. You're correct about foreign fleets!

[hablerz]

@strikenetter The bycatch of trawls invariably dies due to stress in some form either from crushing , depth damage, or from being released. Im not really happy about trawling involving too much bycatch.

Some fishermen will want to fish in a sustainable way , others will wish to catch as much as possible as fast as possible. the penny will never drop with these people.

Sustainable fisheries are liable to be poached by those who have fished the rest of the ocean out. Pretty grim id say.

[strikenetter]

@hablerz Once again laws by fisheries management can solve a majority of these issues. Towing duration laws which we have here to some extent solves the mortality issue of any unwanted species. As far as depth damage, you'd be surprised how little bycatch can be caught when you know what you're doing. As far as catching as much as possible, this is why we have quotas and trip limits. Once again, all cured with correct fisheries management.

[strikenetter]

@hablerz As far as shrimp populations faultering, not going to happen. Shrimp populations have and will remain healthy. There are actually less shrimping operations than decades ago, yet the populations of shrimp havn't increased despite the drastic decline of shrimpers. Pollution is the main factor governing our inshore fisheries, this will be the demise of our seafood inshore, while industrial fishing is killing us offshore. Once again, fisheries management on a global scale is needed.

[hablerz]

@strikenetter I agree with you on the pollution issue, it amazes me how much crap is flushed into the sea. The visible stuff alone is a large amount but you also get huge amounts of fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals.

The inshore regions of Britain have been virtually dead for years.

[strikenetter]

@hablerz Look at the mouth of the Mississippi river here in the US and the vast algae blooms which are a result of the fertilizer runoff from farming. The amount of chemicals in our waters are overwhelming. Here in NC, USA, we lost our herring fishery due to pollution. Small family fishermen are being blamed while pollution is the cause. Then again, the pollution is unstoppable, fishermen aren't!

[soldierofvanity]

antibiotics and chemicals in water to breed more fish on a small location HAHAHAHAHAH, this sick species is going to die, lets start some kind of chaos... i mean lets not leave them in their merry world.

[cruisinthekylakes]

Thank you for the information!