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Re:A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has been posting his finds... by Reason077 on Friday December 23, 2016 @09:59AM (#13245000)
Unfortunately as many waters have been overfished and thus are no longer productive, trawlers have to go deeper and deeper to keep our supermarkets well stocked with endangered seafoods like Halibut.
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Re:A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has been posting his finds... by nradov on Friday December 23, 2016 @10:15AM (#13245076)
Your general point is correct, but Halibut is not endangered. Seafood Watch lists some types of Halibut as a "Good Alternative".

http://www.seafoodwatch.org/seafood-recommendations/groups/h...

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Re:A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has been posting his finds... by Reason077 on Friday December 23, 2016 @10:31AM (#13245163)
There's perhaps disagreement about this, but Atlantic Halibut is classified as endangered (IUCN Red list) and is also on Greenpeace's red list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_halibut

In any case, nobody would disagree that Halibut stocks have been depleted (or even eradicated) in many areas where it was once plentiful.

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