"Eating a tuna roll at a sushi restaurant should be considered no more environmentally benign than driving a Hummer or harpooning a manatee. In the past 50 years, we have reduced the populations of large commercial fish, such as bluefin tuna, cod, and other favorites, by a staggering 90 percent. One study, published in the prestigious journal Science, forecast that, by 2048, all commercial fish stocks will have “collapsed,” meaning that they will be generating 10 percent or less of their peak catches. Whether or not that particular year, or even decade, is correct, one thing is clear: Fish are in dire peril, and, if they are, then so are we."
06 October 2009
The End of Fish
The New Republic: Aqualypse Now
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half asleep and posting half comments. bleh. was just remarking in an offhand manner about the density of porn links in that previous comment.
I had hoped that it was an intelligent comment, but unfortunately it seems to be an automated spam comment in a language I can't read. Disappointing.
Nice post. I'm pasting this into an email to my mom and dad (aka Wendy and Poops). -- A'ers ;)
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