Can the Oceans Keep Up with the Hunt? 3of3

The tragedy of overfishing and mismanagement of the ocean's bounty. The problem and solutions. Please share with friends to help sustain our fishy friends. Copyright 2007 Habitat Media (l

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[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]

@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!

[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 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.

[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 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.

[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 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.