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Our Dying Oceans

by: Jill Richardson

Sun Apr 12, 2009 at 08:00:00 AM PDT

The headlines I see about ocean life are all sad.

Sea Cucumbers Threatened by Asian Trade
Thirsty Cities, Dolphins, and Dead Clams
Salmon: 'Alarm bell' for oceans rings in Washington
Meet Menhaden: Before this ecologically critical fish vanishes
A Study Finds Medicines in Fish
Cat Got Your Fish? (About how 1/3 of all fish caught are turned into fish meal or fish oil, often for animal feed)
Smithsonian Talk Explores How to Save World's Dwindling Seafood Supplies

There's just not any good news out there about fish, unless you count the articles by chefs talking about how good they taste (as well as this exchange about saving the oceans between Tom Philpott and Mark Bittman). And you know what else gets me? The Smithsonian talk is framed as saving "seafood" supplies - as if the residents of our oceans have only one purpose and that is being our dinners.

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Our Dying Oceans | 2 comments

That might be the most practical way (4.00 / 1)

to frame the debate. If you make it too sentimental, you'll make it so a lot of people don't care. But losing our seafood is tangible.

Vote for yourself at www.ni4d.us!

by: rossl @ Sun Apr 12, 2009 at 16:18:31 PM UTC

Hmmm . . . (4.00 / 1)

props to my kitties. They don't eat cat food and all their meats are pastured. I do give them minced clams on occasion, but mostly stick to chicken hearts etc for taurine. The fish they get is the same I eat or I buy whole ground white fish from their meat supplier. I never thought about their fish source and regards to the ocean. I'm more worried about where the fish came from on the safety/health level. Although, I guess I was/am considering the sea in some manner as I follow the Monterey Bay guide on fish buying and also don't feed them huge amounts. Not even close to what they would get in a canned food diet it seems.

by: nycstray @ Mon Apr 13, 2009 at 03:29:09 AM UTC