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In reply to the discussion: Shock as sardines vanish off California - the entire Pacific coast - NOAA: We don’t know why [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)42. There is absolutely no scientific problem with the explanation,
NOAA, which knows a bit about oceans says that sardines do go through natural boom and bust cycles.
These natural boom and bust cycles make all sardine fisheries fundamentally unsustainable, says Alec MacCall of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in La Jolla, California. "There can be periods of decades when no fishing should be allowed since reproduction cannot even replace the parental stock."
If you want to be frightened about what is happening in the Oceans then go here where actual science is documenting a much greater threat, but if you don't have the balls for real science do not click:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_acidification
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Shock as sardines vanish off California - the entire Pacific coast - NOAA: We don’t know why [View all]
bananas
Jan 2014
OP
I eat a tin of anchovies and a tin of smoked oysters for breakfast every day.
OnyxCollie
Jan 2014
#21
You win the thread. Greed and overfishing, followed by protestations of 'IDK why! Help!' n/t
freshwest
Jan 2014
#16
Unbelievable, only one thread even mentions Fukishima! WORLDWIDE blackout of obvious cause.
joanbarnes
Jan 2014
#17
Please stop posting crap from ENE as if it's a legitimate source of information. I am sick
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2014
#23
These scientists aren't cognizant of the devastating oceanic ecosystem effects of
kestrel91316
Jan 2014
#55