Re:'Environmental Nightmare' After Thousands of Atlantic Sal...
by belorn on Friday August 25, 2017 @07:12AM
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What overfished means today is that the very few species that we want to eat is overfished. I have heard several estimates of how much fish is fished but then discarded, and the number is general around 75%.
If we look at lakes, there are plenty that is over populated because of eutrophication, but the type of fish that thrives in that environment also eats fish eggs of the fish we want to eat. Predators can actually go extinct by a combination of prey either the eggs and humans eating the adults.
Much of this could be solved if we just wanted to eat more divers selection of fish.
If we look at lakes, there are plenty that is over populated because of eutrophication, but the type of fish that thrives in that environment also eats fish eggs of the fish we want to eat. Predators can actually go extinct by a combination of prey either the eggs and humans eating the adults.
Much of this could be solved if we just wanted to eat more divers selection of fish.