http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/24/making-energy-from-nuisance-surplus-fish/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Fri, 25 May 2012 16:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/24/making-energy-from-nuisance-surplus-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-61084 Garbage Trucks Will Troll the High Seas : EcoWorldly Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:48:12 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3258#comment-61084 [...] Green Ocean in Italy has begun paying fishermen to bring back plastic waste. The group then recycles the plastic. Some of the waste is not plastic debris but protein waste - other fish entangled in nets by mistake. This waste might soon be separated out to make bio - energy. [...] [...] Green Ocean in Italy has begun paying fishermen to bring back plastic waste. The group then recycles the plastic. Some of the waste is not plastic debris but protein waste – other fish entangled in nets by mistake. This waste might soon be separated out to make bio – energy. [...]

]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/24/making-energy-from-nuisance-surplus-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-61085 Brian Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:06:12 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3258#comment-61085 I don't know if this would be a good idea. What are the implications for using the fish as fuel for the survival of their population? Will they become a commodity or raw material to the extent that they will be overfished themselves? The justification for this possible endeavor is pretty thin... I don’t know if this would be a good idea. What are the implications for using the fish as fuel for the survival of their population? Will they become a commodity or raw material to the extent that they will be overfished themselves? The justification for this possible endeavor is pretty thin…

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