Are we running out of fish?

Question

Would you be willing to stop eating endangered fish?

Answer 1

tell that to the JAPS lol

Answer 2

Yes. Simple as that - a survey earlier this year tried to find the common skate and foudn zero. Cod is endangered. As are many other species. Someone claimed that we would not run out because of fish farms - small problems the fish on the farms are fed with pellets made up of wild fish - hmmm anyone else spot the probelm with that one?
The reason is an over zealous and over greedy approach to fishing backed by technological developments in the last century that continue to damage the environment - from trawlers to drag nets - which scoop and scrape everythign from the ocean floor and now are ound to destroy the delicate eco system on the ocean floor- deep sea fishing is now threatening marine stocks and varieties that haven't even been properly explored yet - industrialised factory ships - largely from Japan - scoop all and everything while smaller famers collecting prawns from the supermarkets use cyanide to destroy reefs for short term gains same as with mango forests being grubbed up for prawn farms that last a couple of years and then the area becoems unworkable and the mango swamps that protected the land from flooding is also threatened. What we need - stop eating fish. Demand action and see some political will to stop fishing, enforce the laws and create vast exclusion zones. Oh and good to see Spillers makers of Whiskers now think adding Cod to the range of cat food is a good idea - to$$ers!

Answer 3

Yes, I think we are indeed. I fish avidly every summer here in Indiana (never keep anything to eat though... river water's too polluted.) But I do know that as a child, sunfish were really common, I'd say as common as bluegill or carp... and now I'm in my twenties and the last time I remember seeing one was once last summer. I just found out they are on the Indiana protected species list. There are also several other kinds of fish that once called the Wabash river home but are now very rare, like the bigmouth buffalo, spoonbill catfish, and others. I stopped keeping and eating native fish a long time ago. I think everyone needs to do the same or we won't have any more twenty years from now, between overfishing and pollution.

Answer 4

Think about your question.
Every fish is capable of producing a million or more offspring and each of those offspring are capable of producing another million. In just two generations that's a Trillion (US) fish. By catching just one fish, over a trillion fish are lost and I'm not going to even think about how many fish it comes to when you look at the third, fourth and subsequent generations.

That is just the over-fishing aspect

Environmental change means that in many cases the seawater temperatures have changed so that fish are less fertile, more prone to diseases (bacteria, etc thrive in warmer water), etc.

The big problem is that fishing with nets is pretty much indiscriminate so for every fish that comes out of the sea and is wanted for onward sale, five or more times as many are discarded - too small, wrong type, poor demand, etc.

So what is the answer to your question? No I'm not condemning your question or your asking it - it is very good for discussion.

Answer 5

Yes some Countries catch more Fish than others and so are
over exploiting the Seas. In Europe the E U Parliament is Bringing
in more Harsh Methods to lessen the amount of Fish Caught in
Order to conserve Stocks. In Ireland the Government has banned
Drift Net Fishing for Salmon under Directives from E U in order to
conserve Stocks. The Drift Net Fishermen is being offered
compensation for loss of Livlihood ,But they say it is not enough.
There is a war of Words at moment over it.The anglers are delighted as are the B+Bs who cater to the angling Industry
there is a lot of money to be made from the Anglers,especially
when its not Summer anymore and the normal Summer Tourists have gone Home.And then there is the Massive Pollution of our Seas by Heavy Metals, Mercury,Cadmium,Pcbs,and last but not least AtomicPolluting
in Irelands Case Windscale in Cumbria U K Poisoning our
Celtic Sea and fish Therin.

Answer 6

I couldn't but Haddock the other day.. I don't think that it was an endangered fish. ! I had to buy Cod.. Didn't they say that it was the Cod stocks were low. ???? I'm confused.. but since I don't eat endangered fish.. ( haddock might be come that exception ) . I would be willing for TRUE information on the subject. Whats the chance of me getting that.. with Chips.. !! salt and vinegar please too.

Answer 7

Not just yet. It's just that they glow in the dark from all the crud we have dumped in the ocean.

I remember when I was young that a person worked where they used lots of mercury. They took their excess/used mercury and dumped it in Long Island Sound!!

He was concerned, but there was nothing he could do to stop them. Back then, nobody knew all the stuff they know now.

We probably didn't have any government agency to know what it meant to do stuff like that, let alone care.

Now when I hear about "mercury in fish" I always remember the huge amounts they dumped. If that was now, they would all be imprisoned, fined, and closed down.

Answer 8

yes, many fisheries are no more, and pollution and fishermen have depleted the resources.

i just learned about this yesterday in sociology 102 (Sociol problems) Population growth is now over 7 billion world wide. People will eventually fight over resources and prices will go sky high, even worse than now.

As population increases pollution will also continue to sky rocket, and people will get sicker. Fish are not the only endangered species.

but as fisheries and farmlands are taken over by machinery and technology, industrialization, and pollution, the worlds forest will be continuelly cut down, and many things will be in danger.

Answer 9

Fish are the animals that will not run out because of fish farms or hatcheries where they grow fish. The only water species which are in endanger are dolphins, seals and whales, and ever one knows that no one eats these three things.

Answer 10

Yes we are! - there are too many fishing trawlers seeking to few fish..Greed and over fishing is resulting in fish stock collapse! - Sooner or later there will be so few fish in the sea it will have drastic effects on the wild life ecology of the earth.. Remember fish are a very important part of the food chain, for many species, including mankind..Since greed always seems to win over conservation then Its not easy to see how its going to be possible to stop or reduce present consumption, and fishing practises.. There are huge amounts of money involved and thousands of jobs.. The fishing industry lives for today and conveniently forgets about tomorrow..

Answer 11

Yes. Fish stocks are endangered. It makes sense to stop eating them, but it may be too late already