<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Most ubiquitous fish in American diet 50 percent below last year’s levels]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by sindark http://www.grist.org/article/pollock-poster-fishery-on-the-brink/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:07:55 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/pollock-poster-fishery-on-the-brink/1 The trouble with fisheries

The problem with most fisheries is simple to explain and very challenging to solve. There are too many people fishing with gear that is too good. Not enough parts of the sea are set off as safe havens for marine life. Pollution and climate change are also having an impact. Politicians are too spineless to stand up to the fishing lobby, not even in order to defend the public good, but to stop that very industry from destroying itself in our lifetimes. The industry needs to be much smaller and much more tightly regulated; the most destructive gear needs to be banned; monitoring needs to be improved; and states must prove themselves willing to enforce the law.

a sibilant intake of breath

]]> The trouble with fisheries

The problem with most fisheries is simple to explain and very challenging to solve. There are too many people fishing with gear that is too good. Not enough parts of the sea are set off as safe havens for marine life. Pollution and climate change are also having an impact. Politicians are too spineless to stand up to the fishing lobby, not even in order to defend the public good, but to stop that very industry from destroying itself in our lifetimes. The industry needs to be much smaller and much more tightly regulated; the most destructive gear needs to be banned; monitoring needs to be improved; and states must prove themselves willing to enforce the law.

a sibilant intake of breath

]]> Comment #2 by Blueplanet http://www.grist.org/article/pollock-poster-fishery-on-the-brink/ Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:21:11 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/pollock-poster-fishery-on-the-brink/2 Please define sustainable

The Alaskan pollock shows that marine conservation is steaming straight ahead like the unsinkable Titanic. Pollock were ignored as a valuable catch whilst cod and haddock were abundant so stocks remained extremely healthy, cod and haddock dissappear and they turn to pollock as the sustainable alternative to keep the world in fish fingers. So now pollock are on the verge of collapse, no surprise there. What is totally surprising is the fact that millions of tonnes of pollock can be sold as a sustainable alternative and people believed it.

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The Alaskan pollock shows that marine conservation is steaming straight ahead like the unsinkable Titanic. Pollock were ignored as a valuable catch whilst cod and haddock were abundant so stocks remained extremely healthy, cod and haddock dissappear and they turn to pollock as the sustainable alternative to keep the world in fish fingers. So now pollock are on the verge of collapse, no surprise there. What is totally surprising is the fact that millions of tonnes of pollock can be sold as a sustainable alternative and people believed it.

]]> Comment #3 by petnoyer http://www.grist.org/article/pollock-poster-fishery-on-the-brink/ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:46:02 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/pollock-poster-fishery-on-the-brink/3 Pollock makes a McCrappy filet o' fish

You would think McDonald's could do better than that crappy pollock filet o fish. Its the worst fish sandwich evah. Try the catfish, Mickey D. It can be farmed, and its an herbivore.

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You would think McDonald's could do better than that crappy pollock filet o fish. Its the worst fish sandwich evah. Try the catfish, Mickey D. It can be farmed, and its an herbivore.

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