BBC: Deep-sea fish stocks 'plundered' ALARMING!

[Quixote1818]

Fish stocks in international waters are being plundered to the point of extinction, a leading conservationist group has said.

Illegal fishing and bottom-trawling in deep waters are to blame, according to a report from WWF.

It says the current system of regional fishing regulation is failing to tackle the problem, with not enough being done to enforce quotas or replenish stocks.

The orange roughy is targeted by bottom-trawlers, which drag heavy rollers over the ocean floor, destroying coral and other ecosystems.

Continued at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4996268.stm

[Kagemusha]

1. Gotta love how the WWF makes a press relase and it's an emergency.

It's bad, sure. It's been bad for a while. It is therefore, not actual news that it's bad. But British media sensationalism moves papers.

Edit: If it was the other WWF, they'd have a cage match with fishermen vs fish, and the fish couldn't show up because they'd been jumped backstage by fisherman allies.

[grasswire]

2. it's the Moonies

The Rev. Moon has taken over a good portion of the world's fisheries.

[Deja Q]

3. It's the population. 6 billion miracles is more than enough.

Yet certain American religious figures say Americans ought to be breeding more. :wtf: What for? Fodder for bird flu? Cheap military tools? What?

[LeftyMom]

4. For those of you who continue to eat fish

The Monterey Bay Aquarium puts out little pocket guides to choosing the healthiest and most sustainable seafood in your region. I'd encourage you to check them out.

http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/seafoodwatch.asp