Originally Posted by Barese Rider
Lilypad..By natural I mean eskimoes and certain Norwegian and areas of other countries that rely on certain kinds of fish for a good portion of their diet.. Here in the continental US youd be hard put to find people as reliant on fish for as they are..I recognize that in certain areas there are some but by and large fish doesnt make up a major portion of the average Americans diet..
What type of offshore fish are you eating ? As far as I know tuna, swordfish,Atlantic salmon and cod stocks are all in big trouble.. And once demand switches to another newly found fish they are put in trouble too.Id like to know what fish it is that you think is safe to eat and like to eat whose stocks are not in trouble??
My only question is: How do you know that these fish populations are constantly decreasing? Have you counted them yourself? (I don't mean that in a bad way) Do you remember back in the 1970's when everyone thought that the world's petroleum stores were about to run out? What ever happened to that controversy? It turned out that the world's oil producers were just trying to jack up the price. Nowadays people are still driving back and forth to work in their huge SUVs that get about 12 miles per gallon and still paying about as much for a gallon of gas as they were in the 70's when you compare what a dollar is worth today to what it was worth back then.
Water covers seventy percent of the earth's surface more or less. Is 30% actually consuming more than 70% can provide? I doubt it. I consume deep sea fish - primarily tuna and salmon in different forms. Sure StarKist is now trying to stick tuna in a bag to make it look more fancy and charge triple the price for it but look in the canned food aisle and you can still get it for about 50 cents a can, cheaper than that if you go to a Sam's club or similar discount club store and buy it in large quantities. I figure that if the tuna and salmon populations were really about to run out then it would be closer to $3 a can rather than 50 cents.
I am sure that there are as yet undiscovered areas where commercial fishing has not been considered just as we are continually finding new oil reserves. Until they come out with the hydrogen-powered vehicle that the average person can afford, I will still drive my car when I have to make long-distance trips and until deep-sea fish comes to a point where I can no longer afford it, I will consume it as part of my omnivorous diet.
