Reduce fish size to prevent rising sea level.?

Question

Would it be possible to lower the level of the sea by genetically alerting the size of sea creatures such as fish and plankton? What % of the oceans are made up of creatures and would removing them all (rather drastic I know) lower the level of the sea by much?

Answer 1

If you remove every living thing from the ocean; plants, animals, etc., then you could have an effect on the overall height of sea level.

But then you'd destroy a massive food source, a climate modifier, potentially undiscovered medicines/chemicals, and potentially destroy the land food chains as well, causing a catastrophic... well, extinction of many species.

Answer 2

Do you know how many individual creatures and variety of creatures live in the oceans? I sure don't. You know why? Because there are millions.

Regardless of whether or not this would affect the ocean levels, it is beyond the scope of truly possible (I mean just consider the cost...that's what motivates most people anyway).

Let's not forget the health of the oceans, too. Healthy oceans are important to this planet. You take everything out of it and that's not good news. And what are people supposed to eat? It is only the western culture that eats a lot of beef,pork and chicken. The rest of the world eats fish.

Answer 3

That is, quite possibly, the stupidest thing I have ever heard. And I watch a lot of TV. What would the point of shrinking the fish be? If you shrink the fish then the ocean could support more and the fish population would increase. As it is, the biomass of the ocean is so small that I doubt it would drop 1cm if the biomass was dropped to 10% of its current levels

Answer 4

Whether the water is inside the fish or outside, it's still there. And the temperature doesn't change because fish are cold-blooded.

What does affect ocean levels?

http://www.stuffintheair.com/rising-ocean-levels.html

Ya had to ask.