http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/25/fish-shrink/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/25/fish-shrink/comment-page-1/#comment-61086 Carl Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:14:23 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3291#comment-61086 Here's another idea to consider - swordfish for the commercial market are much smaller than even ten years ago. Heat? I don't think so - it's called "humans eating the world" and in my opinion is caused by overfishing species that take longer to mature than we allow. We used to harvest swordfish that were of breeding age and older, therefore bigger. As demand grew, the fish size "shrank" due to excessive fishing and catching more and more immature fish. Thankfully demand is down some, due to efforts to reduce demand and the number of restaurants that serve swordfish. As it disappears from the menues, I think we will start to see bigger fish. Same thing happens with other species as well... Here’s another idea to consider – swordfish for the commercial market are much smaller than even ten years ago. Heat? I don’t think so – it’s called “humans eating the world” and in my opinion is caused by overfishing species that take longer to mature than we allow. We used to harvest swordfish that were of breeding age and older, therefore bigger. As demand grew, the fish size “shrank” due to excessive fishing and catching more and more immature fish. Thankfully demand is down some, due to efforts to reduce demand and the number of restaurants that serve swordfish. As it disappears from the menues, I think we will start to see bigger fish. Same thing happens with other species as well…

]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/25/fish-shrink/comment-page-1/#comment-61087 Victor Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:53:35 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3291#comment-61087 (: We can always be vegitarians! (: We can always be vegitarians!

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