tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post6363882237202182209..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Fish on FridayPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-6565203901107604012016-03-04T07:38:58.721-05:002016-03-04T07:38:58.721-05:00As noted, even farmed fish is fed a lot of fish st...As noted, even farmed fish is fed a lot of fish stock down the line. This may be sustainable, but there are other concerns even with fish that will live on corn, soy, and offal (catfishm tilpia, carp. The main issue is that to be economically viable they have to be crowded into ponds with massive aerator systems and antibiotics. What is created is a perfect stew-pit for drug resistant strains of almost everything, and when birds land on those ponds, that stuff shoots around the world. It't not at accident that most of the human flu, which is related to bird flue, comes out of Asia where fish farms are common. Posts on this here >> http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2007/06/china-export-food-antibiotics-and-next.html and here >> http://exponentialpotential.blogspot.com/2005/11/populations-oceans-and-influenza.html, and here >> http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2005/07/sharing-death-and-disease-across.html A bit I wrote, back in 2003, is up over at the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Still about true, though numbers have obviously shifted. >> http://www.seashepherd.org/commentary-and-editorials/2003/11/03/report-on-the-status-of-world-fisheries-456PBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-53187098029938602262016-03-04T07:07:58.115-05:002016-03-04T07:07:58.115-05:00I think the catfish and other species one may find...I think the catfish and other species one may find in a closed loop aquaponic garden might be sustainable.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721130066588282491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-77140677337771814932016-03-04T06:03:53.242-05:002016-03-04T06:03:53.242-05:00Additionally, switching to "farm raised"...Additionally, switching to "farm raised" fish does little to relieve the pressure on the wild. The primary component in most commercially prepared fish food is....protein from wild-caught fish.<br /><br />So now even the roughest and boniest of fish are being depleted as these can be ground up and fed to Atlantic Salmon, catfish(and other species) being raised in close confinement.<br /><br />If there is an upside, it is that fish have tremendous reproductive potential. WWII showed that fish stocks are very resilient and will recover quickly...once we remove the pressure. Sadly, this is unlikely to happen as most countries subsidize subsidize their fishing fleets. <br /><br />Yup, that is right. These ships (and their nations-of-origin) are losing money fishing and they won't stop.<br /><br />Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.com