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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by aaron695 on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @01:25AM (#17495675)
> E.g. lobsters were once so plentiful that native americans used them as fertilizer[0]

I call total BS. Taking edible food, carting it and then plowing it into fields for edible food in 6 months time. Sounds like fantasy.

Fish Fertilizer: A Native North American Practice?

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/188/4183/26 DOI: 10.1126/science.188.4183.26

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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by raverbashing on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @04:35AM (#17496292)
Lobsters weren't always "edible", not sure how it was viewed in Native American culture

But if they're more than what you can eat and if using them as fertilizer works, why not

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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by HankB99 on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @09:54AM (#17498077)
Before refrigeration and large glass tanks the time between edibility and putrefaction was probably on the order of hours.
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