Comments on: An Albatross Dies Every Five Minutes

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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:33:48 +0000

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By: Chris Milton

Chris Milton — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:42:31 +0000

Bob: I think the reason it’s been thrown into sharp relief is because the banning of net trawling for tuna has lead to a massive increase in long-line fishing.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:18:37 +0000

Is this a new technique of long line fishing? Why has it suddenly started happening??

If it is an old technique then there is something we don’t see and haven’t considered.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:59:47 +0000

Not to mention the Great Pacific Plastic Gyre:

http://www.chrisjordan.com/

By: Chris Milton

Chris Milton — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:36:57 +0000

Had commented .. obviously got lost somewhere along the line.

Thank you Rebecca: absolutely, consumers need to ensure all their food choices are sustainable, so everyone switch to skipjack tuna just isn’t viable.

Another simple solution is for people to simply become localvores. If you ate just what was farmed/caught within your local area GHGs would drop dramatically and biodiversity would increase.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:21:28 +0000

Solution:
Don’t eat tuna
Don’t buy tuna

Tuna itself is endangered and being pillaged, and other species are literally being taken down with it.