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Comments: New 'red list' seeks to stave off global seafood collapse
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I'm taking a trip to Weipa in Australia's Gulf of Carpenteria and was initially quite keen to catch some Black Jewfish and Mangrove Jack.
Now I'm not so sure.
In writing my weekly blogs on the life cycles of northern Australian species I was shocked to find out that in 1995 Asia, China and India accounted for 400,000 tonnes of Black Jewfish and 10 years later fishing for them was not deemed to be viable.
I have also found that Mangrove Jack have size limits that clearly allow juveniles to be taken without any hope of breeding.
The more one becomes a fisherman, the more one becomes a conservationist.
Sea you later,
Skipper Meggs
www.skippermeggs.com
www.skippermeggs.com/blog/
Excellent article. Scary info.
Yes, the waters around Britain are suffering from overfishing, too. We've known about it for years, but little ever seems to be done. When all the cod and haddock are gone, I'm sure people will wish they'd done something, but apathy is a very easy option.
My only concern regarding the 'green/red list', is that if Greenpeace succeeds in getting the red list fish out of supermarkets, won't the green list fish convert into red list fish very quickly due to having to take up the slack?
Yep, good post.
Steve
Steve N Lee
author of eco-blog www.LionsledbySheep.com
Holy, whats left to eat if everything is on the "RED LIST"