linkedin post 2014-01-05 07:31:55

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LOOTING THE SEAS."Nearly 50 countries that trade in high-priced Eastern Atlantic Bluefin Tuna agreed Saturday (2013) to transform an archaic paper-based method for tracking fish into a digitalized system that officials say will make it harder for fleets to smuggle plundered bluefin into market." Read the findings of a dedicated group" "Of journalists who exposed decades of fraud behind the lucrative bluefin tuna market."" " http://lnkd.in/dQMfEsK View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-05 07:33:09

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MOST TABLE FISH IS FARMED. "In the last 20 years, the production of fish through aquaculture has grown exponentially, while marine fish catches have leveled off. Unless it’s an extraordinary year for marine fishing, in 2013 the lines will cross, and the majority of the fish we eat will come from aquaculture rather than oceans."" " http://lnkd.in/dCZUXWp View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-05 07:39:27

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FISHING WASTE. "In the past 50 years, the worlds fish catch grew more than fourfoldfrom roughly 20 million tons to 90 million tons. During the same period, the variety of fish species dropped by as much as 50 percent. Ninety percent of large predator fish species such as cod, shark, and bluefin tuna have disappeared. Industrial fishing generates about 25 million tons of unwanted by-catchfish and marine mammals that are dumped overboard, dead or dying." http://lnkd.in/d9N5m4Ehttp://lnkd.in/dVRfrF7 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-06 06:04:53

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AWARD WINNING HUMANE FISH NETS. "Dan Watson devised a system based on a series of escape rings for fish – which can be fitted to a fisherman's trawler net – in response to the problem of overfishing and the controversial and wasteful practice of throwing away healthy and edible fish or other creatures as so-called bycatch." Watson started SafetyNet Technologies to try and commercialize his invention. " " http://lnkd.in/d5Y45pzhttp://www.sntech.co.uk/ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-06 06:07:48

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"FARMED FISH are kept in concentrations never seen in the wild (e.g. 50,000 fish in a 2-acre (8,100 m2) area) with each fish occupying less room than the average bathtub. This can cause several forms of pollution. Packed tightly, fish rub against each other and the sides of their cages, damaging their fins and tails and becoming sickened with various diseases and infections"" " http://lnkd.in/d-UTaTT View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-06 06:09:00

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ADVOCATES OPPOSE OPEN NET SALMON FARMING as unsustainable; levels of toxic pesticides (to deal with the serious parasite issues) are much higher in (some) farmed fish. Read some interesting articles on the subject." " http://lnkd.in/dn5PcKahttp://lnkd.in/dzrRRT4http://lnkd.in/d6Zs-jH View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-06 06:10:14

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SALMON FARMS POLLUTE LOCHS."Pesticides from 12 salmon farms have contaminated lochs around Scotland's coast in breach of safety limits, according to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa). There, levels of a pesticide called teflubenzuron were up to 455 times higher than Sepa's environmental quality standards in 2012."" " http://lnkd.in/d4zjbmd View in LinkedIn
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