Monday, December 6, 2010

World Running Out Of New Places To Fish: Study

That headline had me thinking - an Onion story.

However, 

http://planetark.org/wen/60489

We (or "proto-we") have managed to stick around for maybe 500,000 to 1,000,000 years so far. 
Never forget, evolution is all about what remains, it isn't about 'progress' in any particular direction.

Human Nature has worked pretty well, so far:  

Nest, Spoil Nest, Seek New Nest

Prehistoric humans put essentially zero stress on the Ocean's fish populations.
Our nutrition was overwhelmingly land based.

Now we are the top predator by a factor of 100X+...

We fish the other predators (like sharks) with even less mercy than we show the rest of the catch.

It makes one wonder, on a healthy planet, can any seafood be available to feed humans?

I googled "2050 fisheries".  Seemed innocent enough.  Here's the query's result:

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FRISH

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