And now, today's Junk Science Moment

[KamaAina]

brought to you by those wonderful folks at Time magazine.

The category is "Aquaculture" for $800:

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1663604,00.html

Now there's a similar dynamic in the global fish farming, or aquaculture, industry — especially as it strains to satisfy consumers' voracious appetite for top-of-the-food chain, carnivorous fish, such as salmon, tuna and shrimp.

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt! Shrimp are not fish! They are crustaceans! What a :dunce: !

[Warpy]

1. yeah, and they're also not at the top of any food chain

They're nearer the bottom.

[Javaman]

2. more of the Jackassization of America. nt

[aikoaiko]

3. um, TIME is not a science journal

How is this junk science -- sounds like poor journalism to me.

[KamaAina]

5. I presume that most Time reporters are college grads

from the better colleges, too, I would imagine. Then again, George W. Bush, Yale '68, probably thinks shrimp are fish, too.

[Lerkfish]

6. actually, the old curmudgeon guard of quality journalists are being laid off or downsized.

the newer, gee whiz infotainment college kids who get paid less and don't complain about how they're treated or defend their integrity are replacing them.

hate to break it to ya, but the fourth estate has been coopted.

[varkam]

4. Bugs of the sea.

Mmmm-mmmm good.

[Burma Jones]

7. Maybe it's merely Junk Editing.........

The written word ain't what it used to be........

Of course, I assume you've never seen Flying Alpha Shrimp

[chaplainM]

8. And bats are birds

...according to the Bible.