State of the Oceans Health: In Crisis

For more information and videos, visit us at http://cookingupastory.com Alison Barratt, from the Monterey Bay Aquariums Seafood Watch program discusses the health of the oceans in relation to native fish populations, and the decline of their ecosystems.

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[strikenetter]

I would like to know where your data is collected, from documents on landings ? Which would be false data, for there is much variable change to account for due to landings on fish species !!! IF any inquiries send me a message and i will explain the corruption in much data on populations !!!

[cookingupastory]

All this information comes directly from the folks from the Seafood Watch Program at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Maybe contact them? They have a channel here on YouTube, maybe try there.

[strikenetter]

Sorry they are not worth talking to , for they think their info. is written in stone despite the fishermans info which comes from daily perception !!! Fish stocks are not always the prime subject in the fishing debate, for we are being eliminated though many strategies in the comm. fishing bus. are ecologically sound!

[strikenetter]

pollution, thank god this was mentioned , for the comm. fisherman are the entirety of the blame on fish pops. even though our rivers and streams and sounds are being polluted to the point our fish are unable to reproduce, yet fisherman get all the blame !!!! THANK you for mentioning pollution in regards to my

living !!!! Not all bodies of water are exploited, for i fish the same waters year after year for over 15 years and have not seen a reduction in fish pops.

[MontereyBayAquarium]

Thanks for putting this set of videos together. It was great having you at Cooking for Solutions.

[cookingupastory]

What I came away with from Ms. Barratt, was to eat lower on the food chain. Keep away from the lions/tigers of the sea (bluefin tuna/shark) and eat sardines, herring, and/or mackeral (for example) instead. Now if I can only get them in my local market. That's my next step, I guess.

[cookingupastory]

penniless - I agree, industry is key here also. Not only has mucked up agriculture, it has got its greedy hands on aquaculture too. Doesn't surprise me that the fish you refer to recovered. Now the concern is it not too late for certain species? Even putting them on an endangered list only does so much -> poachers slip in, catch what they want, and find a market to sell it in.

[pennilesscripple]

it's a system based on production for profit, not production for use

witness the all-you-can-eat buffet at red lobster

[pennilesscripple]

thank you for this, cooking

but it's not all that complex

it's not necessary to understand the entire web of life in the oceans to keep from destroying them--humans didn't understand the science for 99% of their existence, yet the oceans were fine

in england they stopped fishing and surprise surprise the ocean recovered in that area

the key word she used was "industry"

it's not "we", it's not "humans,"--it's industrial civilization that is destroying the ocean (and the planet)

[WellnessMafia]

This is frightening! Thanks for this. An original clip too. Thanks guys.