Deep-sea trawling must be banned - Polidicks

[QUOTE=anis;42107781][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yN8GjWc.png[/IMG] [sp]avatar fits[/sp][/QUOTE] i have no idea who this is so i like to imagine thats actually ovb irl and every time he posts something interesting, i imagine that face talking with an old wise voice and yes, deep-sea trawling is bad

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;42114108]i have no idea who this is so i like to imagine thats actually ovb irl and every time he posts something interesting, i imagine that face talking with an old wise voice and yes, deep-sea trawling is bad[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpBplO8yaT0[/media]

[QUOTE=OvB;42103011]It's banned in a few places already: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottom_trawling#Current_restrictions[/url][/QUOTE] I expected a large number of places in that list. Was disappointed

[QUOTE=CubeManv2;42113910]Ban Trawling, if it raises fish prices who cares we have cows for meat and farm them effectively.[/QUOTE] Except you can't, doing that would still have a negative impact on the environment through increasing cow farts.

[QUOTE=Whiterfire;42103004]I think fishing should just be flat out abolished en masse, except for shit that litterally can't be farmed, and the amount taken has been proven not to be in excess of what would affect the population. It's so terrible for the environment it's not even funny. Hell, if we just employed those guys to work fish farms, we'd have more jobs available, something that innovation doesn't usually make happen.[/QUOTE] oh yea deep sea fishers with deep sea fishing rods are really causing harm.

[QUOTE=Whiterfire;42103004]I think fishing should just be flat out abolished en masse, except for shit that litterally can't be farmed, and the amount taken has been proven not to be in excess of what would affect the population. It's so terrible for the environment it's not even funny. Hell, if we just employed those guys to work fish farms, we'd have more jobs available, something that innovation doesn't usually make happen.[/QUOTE] I'll eat free range over caged fish any day.

[QUOTE=OvB;42103042]Sustainable global fisheries is the holy grail of marine conservation. Governments, corporations, and scientists are trying to work together to get there.[/QUOTE] A few sensible corporations, maybe. Most of them don't give a shit about sustainability so long as the ones calling the shots get to be filthy rich for life.

[QUOTE=OvB;42114205][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpBplO8yaT0[/media][/QUOTE] its my #1 favorite movie of all time

I'll be damned before they take away my giant squid burgers.

[QUOTE=UltraSamurai;42107827]Maybe we should just ban roads too.[/QUOTE] Ah yes.. wait.. what?

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;42113395]So basically our options are fish them into extinction, or let huge parts of the world turn into worse-than-Africa shitholes (while will happen anyone once they are fished into extinction)? People say there's plenty of room left on the planet for more humans, but this kind of thing makes me think we're already pushing the lines.[/QUOTE] There's plenty of room for more people, except in the third world. I.E. growth rates of population in most first world countries is stagnant or very slow upward, but in the third world its crazy high. And to be honest, nobody in these asian pacific countries are using trawling to get their fish - trawling is nice high tech big buisness stuff, while fishermen in the asian pacific is like using chineese labor on the cheap to get fish (except a little bit better). There is still an over-fishing issue, and there is likely within our lifetime several countries in that region that might go into crisis mode as they run out of their local source of fish to feed/employ to. There will likely be some kind of food/water crisis on our hands within our lifetime too, even if its not in this part of the world. Water is one that nobody expects to "run out" but in many countries not in temperate zones, desertification is a huge issue as is getting access to clean water.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42102932]We should learn how to farm [I]more[/I] of our fish.[/QUOTE] Farmed fish are absolutely terrible for you. You can look it up. That's the only reason I disagreed, but I agree we should find a different way to get fish than deep-sea trawling.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;42113395]So basically our options are fish them into extinction, or let huge parts of the world turn into worse-than-Africa shitholes (while will happen anyone once they are fished into extinction)?[/QUOTE] Well, there is a third option, but I guarantee you will [i]not[/i] like it. We relocate half or three quarters of the populations of islands and coastal regions to more sparsely populated areas with good agricultural outlook.

[QUOTE=Chubbles;42120269]Farmed fish are absolutely terrible for you. You can look it up. That's the only reason I disagreed, but I agree we should find a different way to get fish than deep-sea trawling.[/QUOTE] that's mainly because the fish farms themselves are horrible. I don't really think commercial fishing should be banned, but intensely regulated.

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;42120349]Well, there is a third option, but I guarantee you will [i]not[/i] like it. We relocate half or three quarters of the populations of islands and coastal regions to more sparsely populated areas with good agricultural outlook.[/QUOTE] That third option was [I]way[/I] better than what I thought you were about to say. I've been here too long.