Is It Right To Hog Our Disappearing Natural Resources?
Tuna
I’ve mentioned that I almost never eat higher on the food chain than fish, and thus I’m always looking for novel ways to serve up anything that lives in water. I found this recipe for tuna tartare just now, and noted that the chef in the video recommends bluefin, because “there’s almost none of it left; you don’t want to miss out.”
Say what? You want to speed up the extinction of a prized species so you can have some before it perishes completely from the planet? Whatever this is, it’s the polar opposite of sustainability.
Hey, let’s get some rhino horn and elephant tusk; these guys really are almost gone.
With thinking like that, it’s no wonder we find ourselves in our current state of environmental disaster.
Craig,
When I was young, seafood, especially fish was still cheap and plentiful while only a few varieties were eaten.
Within 50 years, fish has become increasingly expensive with many varieties extinct or uneconomic, while other species are now reserved for those willing to pay exorbitant prices.
The worlds oceans conceal immense man made environmental damage. Over fishing, pollution from myriad sources, (including bunker oil) has led to a depletion of marine life on a possibly irreparable scale.
In this vast aquatic world, the damage by our species is unappreciated by most humans. Unlike land based fauna, oceanic species are very complicated and interdependent. The ocean is far more difficult to repair than the surface.
In reality, every species of ocean creature is ‘endangered’ , just some less so than others.
Yet there little outrage and even less action to preserve the ocean life. Even environmentalists seem blase about the problems of 71% of the earth’s surface.
Tragically, many environmental activists do great harm by promoting inaccurate claims and indulging in highly political, but very peripheral issues.
Well meaning environmentalists would rather protest about sustainable industries, (like meat production) where negative effects can be minimized, than tackle the less popular causes of oceanic destruction.
The task of raising public awareness for the plight of the world oceans, is undermined by a lack of priorities and activist each pursuing conflicting political-ideological motives.
Aquaculture is a very immature industry. Successful aquaculture projects are far too small, inefficient and expensive to have any mitigating effect on the massive scale of destruction occurring.
Switch to eating eating beef, pork and chicken ! The world’s seafood (especially Tuna) will thank you :). ,