*90% of the are gone - in only 2 years* That's not just overfishing, something much worse has happened.
The cod overfishing was also a very unfortunate tale, but they saw the signs and tracked them catching fire and burning to the ground the entire time, just didn't do anything about it.
Here, AFAIK, they were bewildered at how this occured.
We keep adding more and more evidence that climate change is happening. Even on a local scale we can all see significant changes in our local climate from year to year. The older among us can see this even more clearly if they chose. From what we know of the atmosphere there HAS to be heating from the rapid increase in CO2.
You can stick your fingers in your ears as much as you want but it won’t prevent this from happening and at an accelerating pace.
Other energy sources are similar.
These costs are way below what happens when some oil producer throws a tantrum or starts a war. However, unlike wars, etc., such a tax would directly cut into oil company profits.
Or attribute it to "God's will" and then still assume he'll take care of things so they can just go on ignoring the issues.
Reminds me of the cowardly lion who could talk a big game,but was inwardly afraid of everything. Even xenophobia and racism --it's ALL rooted in fear of 'others' fear of this. Politicians know damn well the power of fear, and have used it w/ great success to stay in power and keep left/right workers divided on stuff like abortion/gun rights.
An existential threat to all human life.
Apparently Cod used to be MUCH larger than it is today. for the same reason, they dont grow very old.
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/30/local/la-me-ocean30j... (https://web.archive.org/web/20161010003945/http://articles.l...), p3
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/02/05/257046530/b...
1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/08/21/alaska-cr...
maybe they considered incorrectly, based on historical data that doesn't reflect recent conditions
also possibly that regulations are being flaunted by bad actors
it could seem improbable that either of those would lead to a sudden catastrophic decline, but many systems do experience a point where what had been a linear decline suddenly craters in a non-linear fashion
The alarm has been sounding for at least a season, maybe even more.
No problem. We simply unleash wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the the urchins.
It's still worth investigating, however.
Notice that this article is from 2021 for last year's catch.
"The 2021 fall harvest of Bristol Bay red king crab, another important source of revenue for that fleet, was canceled for this year because of too few females."
The collapse has been happening for years. This year it's just another species. Species by species it's going to collapse. Next will be shrimp and krill.
Don't be surprised when the salmon runs collapse too, because for 3 years now every single year has been a 90% decline.
(Man I was bummed. They had the best hot and sour soup.)
China’s encroachment on sovereign waters for fishing is one thing when it’s against South American countries with small navies; it’s another thing entirely when it’s the US. I doubt they’re behind this.
Calling names won't change that.
If it was the Big Bad, there would be political uproar. But if it was good ole corruption, it would be business as usual.
That's not just hyperbole, it's flat wrong. Some organizations try to do things about it, even if the methodologies have historically been ineffective. Nobody would be able to completely solve it, while the Oceans are still largely uncontrolled.
https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2022/06/gover...
Those “alarmist”.
People certainly do blame climate change when they shouldn’t, adding to the denial problem.
But in this case 90% disappearing in 2 years probably isn’t overfishing.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/preliminary-sur...
Also, a lot of people are comparing this to the Canadian DFO's handling of the Cod fishery. Sorry, this is not like that. Both in time line and management style. This fishery was just shut down, it's had its numbers slashed previously as well. In the Cod situation they had their foot in the accelerator until the very end.